Facebook may soon hide "similar" information from your friends and subscribers. Only you can see if a message or photo has been received.
Prolific app researcher Jane Manchun Wong has spent time reverse-engineering Facebook's Android app and has uncovered code that suggests the company could soon start making likes and reactions private. Facebook has since confirmed to TechCrunch that it plans to roll out this feature.
If and when it arrives, other users will be able to see that a message has received some likes, but no exact number will be displayed.
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Facebook is already testing a similar feature for Instagram in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Ireland, and Brazil. The change is aimed at making the platform less competitive and reducing bullying; a major factor, according to Instagram, is a major problem.
"We hope this test dissipates the number of likes received on a message. So you can focus on what you love," Mia Garlick, director of public policy for Facebook and Instagram in Australia and New Zealand, said when the change went live. made in July.
It seems likely that a similar test for the Facebook app would also be limited to certain areas at first. We will keep you informed as soon as we know more.