97217 20230519145343.0 doi 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110509 sideral 120986 ART-2021-120986 eng Wallace, E. Hiding Instagram Likes: Effects on negative affect and loneliness 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Instagram, the social networking site (SNS), recently tested the initiative of hiding the number of Likes a post receives from other users. Instagram''s rationale for hiding Likes was to support wellbeing through reduced competition for Likes. In an experiment with 280 Instagram users in the United States, we investigated the effect of hiding Likes on negative affect and loneliness. Scenarios were created to simulate receipt of higher or lower Likes than desired, and the visibility of those Likes to others. Findings indicate that receiving greater Likes than desired reduces loneliness but increases negative affect, and this result is exacerbated by the visibility of Likes. However, when Likes are low, it does not make a difference to negative affect whether those Likes are visible or not. Vulnerable narcissism was associated with loneliness. Findings provide support for Instagram''s initiative, and reveal new insights about the interrelationship between loneliness and negative affect in Instagram use. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S54-20R-GENERES Group info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/ECO2017-82103-P info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.95 2021 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL 24 / 65 = 0.369 2021 Q2 T2 1.178 2021 Psychology (miscellaneous) 2021 Q1 5.3 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Buil, I. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6631-8909 4011 095 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direc.Mark.Inves.Mercad. Área Comerci.Investig.Mercados 170 (2021), 110509 [5 pp.] Pers. individ. differ. Personality and Individual Differences 0191-8869 382295 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97217/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2747465 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97217/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:97217 articulos driver 2023-05-18-13:17:18 ARTICLE