The Nightmare of Influencers: Instagram Hides the "I Love"

Influencer Alert! Instagram began Thursday to hide the "likes" in publications and articles in a pilot test aimed at "softening" the social network.

The restriction began Thursday in six countries: Australia, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Brazil and New Zealand, and it is not excluded that it is extended to others.

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According to specialists, the goal of this action is to reduce the pressure on its users, whose mental health can be affected by this type of scrutiny (counting the tastes).

Mia Garlick, director of Facebook Australia and New Zealand, said in a statement: "We want Instagram to be a place of personal expression where people feel comfortable. decision will put pressure on the number of "likes" that will be received, so that people can focus on sharing what they want "

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It should be remembered that the 6 countries have joined Canada, which was already in force since May of this year 2019.

Instagram makes sure that this policy of concealing tastes has a test value, although it has not specified its duration for the moment.

The social network, which has more than 1,000 million users worldwide, is a platform on which are displayed images and videos that other users can comment or rate.

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But in countries where this test is performed, the likes will not be visible in the profiles of Instagram users.

To be able to see the number of mentions that they generated, they will have to click on another page.

In 2017, a report from the Royal Society of Public Health in the United Kingdom ranked Instagram among the worst mental health social networks of young users in the country.