chongoblog:

I come bringing news from Twitter for those of you wise enough to no longer be there.

In case you didn’t hear, Elon has made it so that your likes are no longer public. Now there are a few theories as to why he did that. Some people think it’s because it makes it easier to fake interactions with bots. Others think it’s because people found him liking embarrassing tweets and making fun of him. Others think it’s so that bigots can get away with liking terrible posts without being called out for it.

Regardless, this has led to a new trend where in order to show that people like something publicly, they do this: