Yeah, we are making likes private.
Public likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior.
Public likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior.
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Wang noted that soon, youll be able to like without worrying who might see it.
Notably, Elon Musk liked this tweet, as revealed by his public likes.
Its the feature everyone forgets about but always comes back to bite them.
And of course, Musks own public likes have placed him in hot water before.
In 2022, Muskliked an anti-trans tweetfrom the notorious right-wing account, Libs of TikTok.
Evil, a mememaking fun of trans activists, and awholelotoftweetsabout himself.
This change falls in line with Musks broader vision for X to conceal likes and reposts more broadly.
This change hasnt happened yet, but Musk says it is definitely happening.
Making Xs likes private would surely let folks engage more freely with content on the platform.
However, it also takes away a key accountability feature that made Twitter so entertaining.
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