Thanks to X showing what its users “like” on their platform, politicians and public figures Salavat was caught looking and nasty tweets in the past. Now the platform formerly known as Twitter makes likes largely personal and according to the head of the company, Elon Musk, is an important change so that people can “like posts without being attacked for it”. The company launched first option to hide the likes tab last year as a bonus for X Premium subscribers. “[K]eep spicy likes special,” said X announced new feature.
This week, we’re making likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy.
– You’ll still be able to see posts you like (but others can’t).
– Likes and other metrics for your own posts will still appear under notifications.
– You will no longer see who is…
— Engineering (@XEng) June 11, 2024
X’s Engineering account revealed in a new tweet that the social network is making likes private for everyone this week. Users will no longer be able to see who liked someone else’s post, meaning that likes on the platform won’t cause PR crises for public figures who generally like sexual, hateful and other unsavory posts. They can still see who liked their tweets, along with the number of likes and other metrics for their posts.
This promotion kills one reason to get a premium subscription. Last year, the company’s advertising revenue fell sharply, and this launched two new tiers for a subscription service to help solve some of his financial problems. The Premium+ tier costs users $16 per month and removes ads from their timelines, while the cheapest tier costs users $3 per month and does not come with the website’s blue tick.
