During the performance at the event Morgan Stanley Musk stated that X is considering such a move, adding that the information visually complicates the content on the platform.

He later confirmed this by replying to the subscriber “It’s definitely happening,” he says.

Why are you removing likes and reposts?

Refusing to display metrics such as the number of likes and reshares is expected to encourage users to communicate more constructively and reduce the level of negativity on the platform.

Despite the potential advantages of such changes, they also raise questions about how new communication dynamics on X will take shape without clear indicators of the popularity of posts.

Constant changes in X

Musk has repeatedly expressed his desire to remove all control buttons from the main stream, as well as like and reshare indicators other than the view counter. The offer comes after another major design change, when X stopped showing post titles containing news links and replaced them with clickable images.

Recall that the decision regarding the titles was criticized by users and media representatives, but Musk claims that the previous version of the design caused inconvenience to him, justifying these changes with the aim of increasing the aesthetic appeal of the platform.

But after a few months, X partially restored the titles and started displaying them above the main image.