Musk first mentioned the idea while speaking at a Morgan Stanley event, saying the information visually clutters content on the platform. He later confirmed on X he will "definitely" go through with the change.

He said users will still be able to see how many people reposted and liked a post, but they'll have to click on the metrics tab to see. Instead, only the view count of a post will remain visible on timelines.

"Just view count, as proxy for the other metrics, will show on the timeline," said Musk.