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Sturmer's avatar

Not sure where is the problem?

Create another account and like/follow fitness goddesses or political lunatics =)

Kings Court's avatar

of ALL the things that needs to happen over on Twitter / X , that really isnt it ! hahaha.

Makster's avatar

I agree! Removing a perk from premium users and giving it to everyone really disincentivizes signing up to premium

Dave's avatar

Sounds like a good idea to me. Never understood why there wasn't a privacy option to do this in the first place.

Should stop some of this over the top bullying where a group of people look through someones likes and decide they should be publicly shamed for "liking" something a vocal group "dislike".

They should add the option to make private who you follow as well, just like you can on most/all other platforms.

Makster's avatar

Great comment! I updated my post stating that bookmarks on twitter is a form of privately liking a post in a way if you want to continue to follow it.

I think like/disliking is a short form of showing a poster/creator a positive or negative response + a quick way of gauging the reaction. I agree that it can be abused (like most features) however showing outrage in this fashion has shown to work unfortunately - see Sonic re-design and Helldivers 2 for a more recent example. Publicly showing your displeasure to something is a form of advocacy and 'voting' to show businesses that you don't agree with a practice and it made stronger with the conviction you're publicly sharing it.

I also find that a like/dislike ratio is useful for identifying good content - there have been too many times I've been baited into poor content on YT due to the removal of that like/dislike bar on my feed

Dave's avatar

I actually forgot there is the option to have a private account as well and if you don't accept any followers then noone can see who you follow. I'm not sure if this stops likes being public though, probably doesn't.

I think it's a good idea although I would like to see more granular privacy controls just like most other platforms, rather than the all or nothing it is now. Providing the choice of what you do and don't share should be standard practice for any such platform.

I rarely use it anyway to be honest, other than searching for specific events in the news, such as looking for real time opinion on a live event etc.

EveOnlineTutorials's avatar

Perfect idea, what I like and don't like on social media, with all due respect, is my business, having a privacy option is a good thing.

It will also make online stalking, harder.

Paul's avatar

I dont really see an issue with peole seeing what iv liked. However if a platform implements this it should be a standard setting. You should not have to pay for privacy.

CelestialFlea's avatar

I think if someone is in a job where liking particular tweets could get you into a lot of trouble it could definitely be handy. But it is sometimes nice to be able to see who's interacting with your posts. Especially if they're business accounts, as sometimes developers like my posts and it's nice to get recognition that your post is seen by companies.

As long as it's purely optional I don't really see much issue with it. However I think if you're mutual followers, likes should still be visible in eachothers posts.

Dave's avatar

From what I have read it seems the poster can still see who liked it, just noone else can. It's suggested this will lead to problems as people won't realise.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/12/x_hides_likes/

CelestialFlea's avatar

I really don't see the issue, I don't think it's a common thing before this came into effect (I've never heard of any cases) why would it be more prevalent now? Likes have already surged in usage after this change, which is great for all of us.

This seems like fear mongering to me. If people were genuinely concerned about being blackmailed I'm sure they wouldn't use X and wouldn't post anything incriminating. TLDR Don't post on X what you wouldn't want your ma to see and you'll be fine 🤣

Limal's avatar

Nah, I don't think that's necessary. You should just be yourself, and everyone else should accept you for who you are. Why hide who you truly are? And if someone judges you for your views, you shouldn't fake it and pretend to be someone else just to keep them around.

Dave's avatar

What happened to all the replies on this? It's showing 10 on the main page but only 2 are showing. Boomer any ideas?

Thomas's avatar

Weird! I'm not sure what happened but we're looking into it

Thomas's avatar

Hey Dave - The replies should be showing again now. Thanks for reporting!

Vixxy's avatar

Personally it doesn't bother me either way. I understand how it could be useful though for privacy for certain ppl.

Stella's avatar

I think keeping likes private should just be an opt out thing? right now you opt in to making them private, so I guess people don't know you can turn them off and then get into hot water bahaha

Looking through people's likes can be a good way to find more relevant content though! I like doing it hehe

Lanah Tyra's avatar

I don't mind them being public, I often scroll through stuff my friends like to find new cool things.

Could be an issue though in cases like you have a certain type of work where you don't want to show your interests or in case of harassment (which happens a lot on Xitter)

So I think it should be a setting you can enable / disable to your liking, and it shouldn't be locked behind a paywall. It is personal data after all so should be protected by GDPR and such?

Sturmer's avatar

It is not within the scope of GDPR as these actions are not required by the platform and individuals voluntarily share them with third parties.

It is similar to Facebook interests or even a user profile picture - you are the one who controls what kind of data you are willing to share with others.

However, you are correct in stating that scrolling through friends' timelines and viewing actions can help you discover new things. At the same time, just by looking at your posts, I can assemble several vectors for social engineering attacks. It is a double-edged sword.

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