Social media can be a place where you meet new people, share ideas and experiences, and have fun, or it can be a toxic place where you feel like you have to compete for popularity and are obsessed with how many likes you get compared to people in your circle. So that this doesn’t become the main thing you do on social media, Meta platforms like Instagram and Facebook added a tool in 2021 that lets users choose whether they want people to know how many likes they get or if they wish to hide it and focus on the conversation. But if you just joined Threads and want to hide the preferences there, you can do so by taking a few easy steps. Learn about them.
Reasons to hide like a count
Instagram’s original post about the feature said, “This way if you want to, you can focus on the photos and videos being shared instead of how many likes your posts get.” The most significant benefit of hiding likes is that you don’t have to care about how many people like your posts.
When we post, most of us check back to see if the number of likes increases and if it can beat the last post. We sometimes judge how vital a post is by how many “likes” it gets. In the long run, the number of likes also changes how we feel about the event or thing in the picture. This is a bad habit, and many experts think it’s a big reason people get anxious and sad because of social media.
Instead, you can hide them and pay attention to your friends and family’s conversations and posts. If this sounds like something you can connect to and want to try, all you have to do is follow these steps.
How to hide the number of likes on Threads
1. On your phone, open the Threads app. If you haven’t already, sign in to your account.
2. go to the tab on the right that says “Profile.”
Here, you can see all the posts you’ve made. You can also post something new.
4. Once you’ve posted something, you’ll see three straight dots in the top right corner.
5. Tap on it. There should be a drop-down choice. Click the choice that says “Hide like count.”
That’s all. You can also use the same steps to show a post again.