which was then reposted and subsequently confirmed by X engineers. "Yeah, we are making likes private," responded X's director of engineering Haofei Wang. "Public likes are incentivizing the wrong ...

A director of engineering at X said the platform is making likes private in a Tuesday post, noting that public likes may be discouraging people from engaging with content that might be considered ...

This week we’re making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy. – You will still be able to see posts you have liked (but others cannot). – Like count and other metrics for ...

In place of public likes, private likes will be an option, which is already available to X's Premium subscribers. For the rest, the number of likes on a post will still be visible and users will ...

She previously worked at Fortune Magazine and Business Insider. “Soon you’ll be able to like without worrying who might see it,” Wang said last month. Late last year, Musk told the platform ...

“Yeah, we are making likes private,” he wrote on X in May. “Public likes are incentivising the wrong behaviour. For example, many people feel discouraged from liking content that might be ...

Or it could keep people wondering and make them more anxious. Worried more changes to likes might damage your stature on X? You can always try posting spicier content or leaning far-right.