Instagram Says That it’s Exploring Options That Would Enable Users to Hide Like Counts if They Choose

Instagram freaked a whole lot of users out this week when it suddenly – and unintentionally – expanded its test of hidden post like counts to a lot more users. Instagram has been testing hidden Like counts for some time, and while it has provided some insight into the results it’s seen from its experiments, it clearly doesn’t yet have all the data that it needs in order to make a call on the viability of the option.

But as of right now, Instagram hasn’t made a call, so if losing your like counts spooked you this week, you can be assured that they’re not going away permanently.

And even if Instagram does decide to make a change, it seems increasingly likely that it will give users the option to keep their like counts, if they wish.