X confirms it will remove one of Twitter’s oldest features

One of Twitter’s oldest and most iconic features is about to disappear forever. Haofei Wang, CTO of X, confirmed that the social network working on making likes private. This will include removing the tab of the same name that appears on users’ profiles.

“Yes we do like be private”Wang said in a post after the latest beta version of the X app (formerly known as Twitter) revealed that the “Like” tab will not be available on profiles.

The platform’s head of technology claims that this feature, which has been available on Twitter for years, “They encourage bad behavior.”.

Wang says many people don’t give like to “content that may be disturbing due to fear of reprisals from trolls or to protect one’s public image,” so the measure will allow users to click the “Like” button. no worries. And by the way, improve your algorithm so that it recommends content based on the posts you like.

It was already possible to hide likes in X (Twitter) using X Premium

CTO X (Twitter) also answered some questions about fixing the issue. like on the platform. It states that users They can continue to see which people liked their posts.as well as the quantity like which appears along with shares, meetings or saved items. Therefore, this measure will mean that users will not be able to see which people have shared with them like to other people’s posts, including removing the “Like” tab that appears on your profile.

Until now, curiously, the possibility of concealment like it was available on social networks as exclusive X Premium feature. That is, those who wanted to remove the “Like” tab had to pay for a subscription.

For now It is unknown when these changes will take effect. Twitter users, but this is a global modification. That is, this will affect all users anywhere in the world. This means that you won’t be able to see “likes” of famous people or celebrities either.