How programmer and artist Ben Grosser's 2012 idea to "demetricate" social media platforms has influenced companies to experiment with hiding visible metrics (Will Oremus/OneZero)

Will Oremus / OneZero:
How programmer and artist Ben Grosser's 2012 idea to “demetricate” social media platforms has influenced companies to experiment with hiding visible metrics  —  Instagram and Twitter are removing the numbers of likes and retweets from public view.  But it began with a man named Ben Grosser.