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Working on a community based marketplace, we want to have icons with counters that represent how many views, likes, and comments were made to the item.

A pretty common thing, yet, everybody seems to handle it differently when it comes to features that were not engaged by users. For example - Zero (0) likes.

There are different approaches to this which I've noticed:

  • Never show (0).
  • Always show (0).
  • Suggest engagement. An example from Facebook - "Be the first to like this".

The argument goes both ways for wether or not hiding/showing (0) will affect the engagement of users with the different items. I guess the best thing would be to test it of-course. But I was wondering if you guys have different approaches to suggest then the ones I listed or if you can share from your own experience.

Thanks!

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Other alternatives:

  • Place the like button separate from the number of likes. Not a fan as they are completely linked. Vimeo and We Heart It do that:

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  • Only show numbers when there is likes. This solution seems the most sensible. It's not obvious the post have no likes therefore doesn't seem unpopular. Facebook and Dribbble do that.

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I don't have any research but my guess is that 0 would affect engagement as it looks like a negative cue rather then positive.

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