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Instagram: hide like counts

Hides the like counters under posts to reduce social comparison and popularity pressure.

Code to copy

// Hide like-count labels to reduce social comparison
function hideLikes() {
  document.querySelectorAll('section a[href$="/liked_by/"]').forEach(function (el) {
    el.style.display = 'none';
  });
  document.querySelectorAll('button span, a span').forEach(function (s) {
    const t = (s.textContent || '').trim();
    if (/^[\d.,]+ ?(likes|like|polubie|Gefällt|J.aime|Mi piace|Me gusta|отмет)/i.test(t)) {
      s.style.visibility = 'hidden';
    }
  });
}
hideLikes();
const obs = new MutationObserver(hideLikes);
obs.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

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