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• YouTube Is Privating ‘Dislike’ Counts On All Videos
• Instagram And Facebook Will Now Enable All Creators, Viewers To Hide Public ‘Like’ Counts

  Instagram and parent company Facebook are enabling more customization -- for creators and viewers alike -- with the ability for all users to hide public ‘like’ counts. Instagram explained in a blog post that it has long been testing hiding like counts -- since July 2019 -- in a bid to depressurize users’ experiences on the platform.

  
• Following Positive Feedback, Instagram Expands Test Of Hidden ‘Like’ Counts Globally

  Instagram is taking its long-in-the-works test removal of 'like' counts to the masses.After initiating the tests in Canada in May, and rolling it out among select users in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand in July, the company has now rolled out the pilot test globally, Techcrunch reports.

  
• Facebook, Like Instagram, To Test Hiding ‘Likes’, Reactions, And Video Viewcounts

  Instagram's parent company, Facebook, is taking a page out of the photo and video-sharing company's playbook by publicly hiding 'like' counts in order to alleviate user pressure, encouraging Facebookers to post more freely without fixating on their content's reception. 

  
• Public Metrics Were Never Designed To Be As Important As They Are
• YouTube Is Brainstorming New Ways To Combat ‘Dislike Mobs’
• PewDiePie Asks For 1 Million ‘Dislikes’, Video Promptly Becomes Third Most-Disliked Ever On YouTube