Mike Solana on Twitter: "we don’t have to kill likes. we have to kill *public* likes. if only an author can see who liked their tweet, the groupthink stuff dies and the warmer aspects of social networking flourish.… https://t.co/WSOG9628WQ"

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1. Mike Solana‏ @micsolana 29 Oct 2018
  all this at the expense of a fame signal though, which probably hurts growth, so shocked jack is even considering
  
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1. Connie Chan‏ @conniechan 30 Oct 2018
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  Or only show the likes if you are friends with the person liking. This allows Twitter to still use likes for discovery, but gets rid of the comparison game. (It’s also how WeChat moments handles comments and likes)
  
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1. Sar Haribhakti‏ @sarthakgh 29 Oct 2018
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  yea, i would also like to see some experimentation with thishttps://twitter.com/sarthakgh/status/1055571762593681409?s=21 …
  
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  Would be great if Medium & other content platforms could hide the social proof count until I read & give feedback. That would help in inculcating independent judgment & thought.
  
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1. CogentConch‏ @CogentConch 30 Oct 2018
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  Why kill anything? The likes are great the way they are and built Twitters popularity. Removing them as a metric will only hurt engagement and allow Twitter to manipulate what people see. But it will also destroy Twitter as it makes the platform less enjoyable.
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1. Espen Riskedal‏ @snowpong 30 Oct 2018
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  I think the real problem is populating our timelines/feed with liked tweets. I don't want to see what people _liked_, I want to see what people _said_. If I wanted to see what people liked I would be on Facebook.
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1. Jonny Mallabar v0.3 ‏ @jonnymallabar 29 Oct 2018
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  Jonny Mallabar v0.3 Retweeted Mike Solana
  
  @primalpoly @jack @micsolana ref: kill *public* likes. Might be good. Sometimes it is nice to be in “just saying” mode. We are not all trying generate a massive following (luckily in my case). Ability to turn it off (or sleep it) would be good.https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1056977746516107264 …
  
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  Mike Solana @micsolana
  
  we don’t have to kill likes. we have to kill *public* likes. if only an author can see who liked their tweet, the groupthink stuff dies and the warmer aspects of social networking flourish. https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/1056948513433518080 …
  
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