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Re:Instagram hides Like counts in leaked design prototype by mancerayder on Friday April 19, 2019 @01:56AM (#19697391)
It risks biasing the comment - for example, even before you read it, you'll see a "7 votes" or "23 votes" and immediately take a glow to it you wouldn't otherwise. Well, I wouldn't trust that I'd be immune, at least. How can there not be a cognitive bias?

I do wish it took more than a single downvote to "grey" a comment. First of all, a single vote doesn't mean much statistically, and shouldn't change the color of text. Secondly, some stuff is just controversial. I've had comments go -2, +5, 3, down and back up.

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Re:Instagram hides Like counts in leaked design prototype by nothrabannosir on Friday April 19, 2019 @02:43AM (#19697559)
Fully agreed.

aside: I think ones comment history plays a role in the threshold to grey. For new accounts it’s -1, but that decreases for older accounts. Some magic combo of karma sum average and/or mean, probably?

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Re:Instagram hides Like counts in leaked design prototype by rohan1024 on Friday April 19, 2019 @02:52AM (#19697588)
Likes are like feedback mechanism and it should be shared with intended person only. We don't go and share our exam results nor do we share how much we earn with the world.

Next they need to remove following and follower count.

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Re:Instagram hides Like counts in leaked design prototype by vore on Friday April 19, 2019 @03:08AM (#19697651)
Neither are apt examples in this case: not sharing exam results is inconsequential, and not sharing how much you earn disadvantages yourself and gives bosses more power to determine how much you earn :-)
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