Instagram made a small but important change to its video product today, right on the heels of extending maximum video ads to 60 seconds from 30.
The counts come after a big push by Instagram to emphasize video on the platform, opening the company’s advertising API to brands with larger budgets that covet the network’s highly-engaged 18-34 age demographic.
Now, the most popular videos — and ads — will, like exam grades posted at the front of the class, be a public acknowledgement of success or failure.
Instagram notes that the view count will replace the “Like” tally when the feature gets implemented in the next few weeks.
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