Instagram Tries Like Feature In Stories, Only Owners Can See Number

Instagram is testing the private like feature in Stories. (photo: Karsten Winegreat/Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Instagram is reportedly testing the private-like feature in Stories, but only the users themselves can see the number of likes they get from their followers.

Meta confirms that the new feature is currently only being tested with certain users globally, so not all users can try out the feature.

In the future, the like feature will be completely private, and the company has no plans to make the like feature visible to the public.

“We're always looking for ways to help people connect with the people they care about. We're now testing likes on Stories, a way for people to react to stories that only Stories owners can see," said a Meta spokesperson.

It turns out that the like feature is also quite viral, many users on Twitter claim to have seen the feature, and share screenshots.

Quoting TechCrunch, Thursday, January 6, all Instagram users now have the option to reply to or react to a Story with eight emojis, namely laughing, surprised, eyes with heart, teary eyes, applause, fire, celebration, and emoji. number 100.

These reactions are also not publicly visible, but people who post Stories can see the total number of reactions they received for each emoji.

The introduction of likes in Stories will enable new ways for users to engage with Stories. It also gives users and influencers a new way to measure engagement on their Stories in the same way as their posts on the feed.

In fact, Instagram's experiment with likes on Stories comes because the platform now allows users to hide the number of likes on their posts.

Instagram continues to develop its Stories, as seen recently the company introduced an "Add Yours" sticker that creates a public thread on Stories. The feature allows users to respond to other users' Stories by following their own requests or specific topics.