Users can now opt in to stop seeing likes on all posts as well as hide their own public like counts from others.<br />These features have been tested on both platforms for years.<br />"We tested hiding like counts to see if it might depressurize people’s experience on Instagram, Instagram spokesperson." via The Verge.<br />"What we heard from people and experts was that not seeing like counts was beneficial for some ...and annoying to others, particularly because people use like counts to get a sense for what’s trending or popular, so we’re giving you the choice." Instagram spokesperson, via The Verge.<br />On Instagram, users can also hide like counts on a per-post basis instead of activating it for their entire account.<br />This particular feature will be made available on Facebook in the next few weeks.<br />In 2017, a study by the Royal Society for Public Health UK ranked Instagram as "the most detrimental to young people's mental health and wellbeing.".<br />The ability to opt in to use these new features is part of the platform's attempt to improve the experience for users
