TECH - Liked Embarrassing Posts On Elon Musk's X? Likes Will Soon Be Private To Curb 'Incentivizing The Wrong Behavior' | Benzinga
If you're worried that you've liked some embarrassing posts on X, formerly Twitter, a solution is coming soon to solve your problem.
What Happened: Elon Musk’s X is set to make likes private, one of the engineers of the social media company revealed in a post on Tuesday.
Expressing concern about the negative impact of public likes on user behavior, the engineer revealed that the "Likes" tab will soon be hidden. This is aimed at preventing people from going through all the liked posts of other users.
"Public likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior. For example, many people feel discouraged from liking content that might be “edgy” in fear of retaliation from trolls, or to protect their public image."
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