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Re:Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy by kart23 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:10PM (#21087787)
This is wild, but I definitely see this being a thing. Already YouTube allows hiding like/dislike counts, and its used frequently when a company puts out a video that is overwhelmingly disliked, but people who are new to the content wouldn't know.
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Re:Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy by Zenbit_UX on Friday September 27, 2019 @08:26AM (#21091104)
"Comments are disabled for this video" is the 21st century red flag for "this video is dogshit and controversial but the uploaded still wants the ad money / view count".
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Re:Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy by ThrowItAway2Day on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:27AM (#21092360)
I'd entirely disagree. Anything to do with politics brings out the creepy-crawlies. Look at the comments on any news orgs videos. All conspiracy theory and bots. Go to smaller channels with a non-political or economic niche and the comments section are actually nice.
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Re:Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy by HNLurker2 on Friday September 27, 2019 @12:17AM (#21088367)
I wouldn't trust any Facebook operation. You know what they try to maximize
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