Going forward, there will be a new Reels feed that includes videos that your friends have liked or commented on, so you can see what your friends have watched and what they like. Your friends will also be able to see the videos that you have liked, which is something to be aware of.

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Instagram used to have a dedicated Activity feed that offered up this information, but it was removed several years ago. It is not yet known if Instagram plans to provide an opt-out for the new feed.

This is a bit terrifying privacy wise. I’ve heard dubious things back when the activity feed was a thing about how it was used. This feels like a recipe for outing people in personal ways they didn’t expect, especially after they probably got used to Instagram likes not being exactly anonymous but close enough as they didn’t get disclosed to other people.

we’re not using meta or tiktok, mark.

God I hate these short format video things. Trashy content designed to be addictive.

Meta wants to metastasize.