Could Instagram’s new trial of removing likes radically alter our relationship with the social media platform as we know it? It may well do, and this is something Instagram is currently experimenting with.
The social media giant is owned by Facebook and has had the largest increase in followers of all social media platforms over the last few years. As it stands, Instagram is only carrying out a trial in Canada where all likes of any post will not be visible to any viewers including all profiles, the main Instagram feed as well as all permalink pages.