Instagram Offers Option To Hide Public Like Counts

Instagram on Wednesday announced that it was giving users a choice whether to show like counts on photos and videos.In a blog post, the social media platform said that everyone on Instagram and Facebook will now have the option to hide public like counts on their feed."We tested hiding like counts to see if it might depressurize people's experience on Instagram," the platform said. "What we heard from people and experts was that not seeing like counts was beneficial for some, and annoying to oth...