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Social media tech giant – Facebook has recently aired its plans to remove the like button and subsequently the likes count, in order to reduce what is considered \u2018superficial comparison\u2019 between members of the social network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though the advantage of social networking fraughts with a number of opportunities as a universally connected unit, with it, also comes a few detriments such as an unhealthy \u2018emotional connection\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence Facebook\u2019s decision against the \u2018like count\u2019 arises as a result of a continuous uprise in the mental and psychological effects social media has on the general public on a global scale. Following a research conducted by the Florida-based Behavioral Health Center<\/a>, it was perceived that those who were more engaged with social media platforms are about 2.7 times more likely to be depressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, a top tier tech blogging site – TechCrunch<\/a>, who confronted close associates of the California-based social media company directly, relays a similar opinion towards this as it stipulated thus; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe problem is that people have so many fewer of those big moments, and the large Like counts they attract can make other users self-conscious of their own lives and content. That\u2019s all problematic for Facebook\u2019s ad views.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently its sister company – Instagram, is already in the testing phase of implementing the removal of the \u2018like button\u2019 altogether with the \u2018like counts\u2019. With plans to launch this new feature in seven countries including Canada and Brazil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram would enforce this new idea by displaying the names of some mutual friends who like a certain post rather than show the total number of likes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Facebook is known to be a pioneer of today\u2019s social networking ecosystem, experts however identify this move as a bold one that could either \u2018encourage users to share posts as it eradicated the element of comparison\u2019 nor \u2018reduce the greater majority of users who have now come dwell in the recent social media \u2018hype\u2019 or \u2018like\u2019 as the case may be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s all assume the former would take because the latter bears a cost that could have the social networking behemoth struggling throughout the next decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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