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You can still see who liked your post.
So someone just needs to make an account that says edgy things, then screen shot the list.
He looks like a white Kim Jong Un in this picture.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
That means what users like on the platform will be hidden by default, which is already an option for X’s Premium subscribers.
Following the publication of this story, X owner Elon Musk reshared a screenshot of it, saying it’s “important to allow people to like posts without getting attacked for doing so!”
A few weeks ago, X’s director of engineering, Haofei Wang, said the upcoming change is meant to protect users’ public image — because “many people feel discouraged” to like “edgy” content.
Late last year, Musk told the platform’s engineers that he wanted to get rid of the tweet action buttons altogether and instead place a stronger emphasis on post views (also called “impressions”).
“Social media in general is shifting away from like counts, so this makes sense,” the source said.
Update, June 11th: Added Elon Musk’s confirmation of The Verge’s reporting.
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Wasn’t the first indication of JK Rowling being a TERF a Tweet she liked?
The first time she got internet backlash was when the rape crisis center she was funding wanted to be a safe space where women with extreme trauma would be away from the source of their trauma i.e. humans with penises.
Restricting access by sex rather than gender was seen as deeply offensive and she got a lot of hate, death threats and etc which resulted in her getting in arguments that pushed her into becoming ever more outspoken.
She said she regrets not having publicized her opinions on this subject earlier, so if her likes wouldn’t have exposed her, her subsequent retweets certainly would.
Hey Elon, wouldn’t it be better for us all to not only show the likes but show the dislikes too? Even on your account.
He has a point though. Just think of Reddit and Lemmy where people mindlessly hive-mind vote some posts. When you see something massively upvoted, you tend to upvote (immediately). Same goes for downvotes. In contrary, if the votes do no show, you only vote when you actually mean it.
Something something "free speech "
So, first you organize posts by like count for signed out users, and now you’re hiding the like count altogether? Now how are you gonna organize posts now?
ex, lol
Might have been a bad idea to just let the bots run rampant on his platform.
How else was he supposed to keep the user base up!???
His reasoning for wanting to do this is so bad and clearly a racist dog whistle; everyone should be able to like things that they would be ashamed to like publicly with their name attached!
First they came for the ratios, but I did not speak up because I was not cringe
is there any other social platform that hasn’t always done this?
What platforms hide your likes?
lemmy, reddit, youtube
Lemmy technically doesn’t hide your likes - the interface might not show you, but all your likes are public in the Fediverse. Kbin, when I used it, would show which users upvoted/downvoted a post. That’s important because it means researchers and OSI people can still do fact finding - Twitter doesn’t like the idea of having to be open even if it’s a requirement (albeit to researchers specifically) in the EU now.
Am I the only one that thought this was a picture of Kim Jong Un?
Imagine being a twitter user.
“But muh family and fwiends use it!” or “I have an autistic cousin twice removed so I can’t stop because it’s the only thing he’ll use!”
Any excuse to keep huffing that copium.
I’m not on social media except Lemmy but… I thought Facebook was the “my relatives” one and Twitter was more keeping up with politicians, celebrities, and other public figures?
This is literally what these walled gardens depend on. Why are mocking people for it?
Just change cities, “but my friends live here.”
Just leave the cult, “but the cult separated me from all my other friends.”
Like, yeah. Cult’s do this on purpose to keep people locked in.
A few weeks ago, X’s director of engineering, Haofei Wang, said the upcoming change is meant to protect users’ public image — because “many people feel discouraged” to like “edgy” content.
Oh my god, he’s trying to make it Reddit.
Elon mad he got ratiod recently or something?
