Australian Facebook Follows Instagram, Says Goodbye to Like Counts

Australian Facebook Follows Instagram, Says Goodbye to Like Counts
The logo of social network Facebook is displayed on a smartphone in France on January 15, 2019. LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images
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Australians will soon notice their Facebook news feed is missing something with like counts set to disappear.

Users will no longer see the number of likes, reactions and video views on other’s posts in a world-first trial which starts rolling out from Friday, Sept. 27.