Twitter recently made likes private, causing a stir among users. Some wonder if this change will lead to more or fewer likes. Concerns arise about the impact on engagement, privacy, and the ability to gauge public sentiment. Users express mixed feelings about the hidden likes, with some finding their interactions affected and others questioning the move's implications for transparency and individual expression.
This site feels 15-25% different since likes were made private.
This site feels 20-30% different since likes were made private.
🚨 BE HONEST! Do you find yourself liking more posts on X now that likes are private? More importantly, are you finding yourself liking posts you wouldn't have when they were public?
Hidden likes has a whole new meaning when you view it as opinion analytics of taboos
The biggest change in Twitter use resulting from hidden likes: https://t.co/VHSigjfp2B
my FYP being so much gayer now that likes are private 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Seems controversial takes on here will get even more engagement now with likes hidden
likes are private so now no one can see how much you love spesh’s butt https://t.co/wkgGeAoD0I
My “likes” have gotten tamer since they’ve been hidden
Must we bear Musk’s new "Twitter Tyranny"? Don’t we deserve something better than X? The "hiding likes" policy represents a totalitarian model to management, making individuals isolated atoms rather than visibly connected humans within widely linked and spontaneously evolving… https://t.co/j9ZVpBmLZA
Horny posting isn't even that fun anymore ever since Elon took away the ability to make out likes public. Like, I don't even have the option to make my likes public? The entire point of that was to be somewhat "normal" looking and posting account that would like an ungodly… https://t.co/uTueVt96hO
Hiding likes w/o hiding the count is a dumb and useless feature
X — now your likes are private! Also X — here’s who liked something, in your notifications. (I kind of miss seeing who likes things; I assume this gap will go away, too) https://t.co/19T1z3QrN8
making likes completely invisible is not a good move. I see the value in increased privacy, but only if not imposed on you. there is value in like transparency, at least to a 'kind of inner circle' but arguably beyond that. the original purpose of favs was public. Elon f#ckery
Now that likes are private, I can like your tweet so you know i fw it and then steal with zero credits
Do hidden likes incentivize more or fewer likes? https://t.co/8RoPKB62jE
Do hidden likes incentivize more or less likes? https://t.co/8RoPKB62jE
With likes hidden, I wonder how many people stopped liking posts because no one will see what they liked.
Likes are now more private than bookmarks I love this website