In yet another publication on X, Elon Musk announced something new about his social network. And suffice to say that his announcement made people cringe. In fact, the billionaire simply wants to remove the display of the number of retweets and likes.
While this Thursday March 7, 2024.
It all starts from a publication by the user DogeDesigner, graphic designer at Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency particularly appreciated by Elon Musk as a reminder. In his post, the technician states that remove the number of likes and retweets from the feedspecifying in passing that they will remain visible by clicking on the post.
This is definitely happening. Just view count, as proxy for the other metrics, will show on the timeline
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 7, 2024
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Elon Musk confirms the imminent disappearance of the likes and retweets counter
Against all odds, DogeDesigner’s predictions turned out to be correct. For good reason, Elon Musk was quick to draw out his smartphone and respond directly to the user: “It will happen, that’s a certainty. Only the number of views, replacing other indicators, will be displayed on the news feed”.
This deserves to be clear and unambiguous from the CEO of Tesla. Unsurprisingly, this announcement from the boss of sparked a massive outcry from Internet users. “Just read the responses to this post, no one wants that,” wrote one user. “I’m sorry, but that’s a terrible idea. Many users will not agree with removing the number of likes or retweets on the news feed,” believes another. “Ok YouTube, remove the Like button next?” quips a certain @AlphaFox, in reference to the choice made by YouTube to remove the red thumbs counter in November 2021.
It now remains to be seen whether popular vindictiveness will encourage Elon Musk to backtrack or not… As a reminder, this is not the first time that the businessman has disrupted the functioning of the social network, far from it. In September 2023 and at the instigation of the billionaire, A month later, it was the turn titles of links to press articles go by the wayside. In this specific case, user reviews made it possible to reinstate this essential functionality.
Source : BFM TV
