Social media platform X is now hiding your identity from your likes.In an update posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter earlier this week, X's engineering team said it would be 'making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy.' That means that users will still be able to see their own likes, but others will not â putting an end to a feature that many had long used.The change went into effect Wednesday.
Posts still appear to show how many likes they have â but the author will be the only person who can see a list of those who liked it.The option to hide likes was previously just available to paying Premium subscribers. When X announced that option in September, it said users could 'keep spicy likes private by hiding your likes tab.'The hidden like count is one of many changes that have come to the platform since billionaire Elon Musk purchased it for $44 billion in 2022.