They're artifacts from a more naive time on the internet. Meta has announced that they're going away next year on Feb. 10.

Meta announced on Monday that it would be sunsetting two once-major features on Facebook: The external "Like" and Comment" ...

By February 10, 2026, the social media platform will discontinue its Like button and Share button for third-party websites. The social plugins currently allow users to “like” and comment on Facebook ...

So are external comment buttons, according to Meta. They’ll be discontinued on  February 10th, 2026, and starting on that date, they’ll render instead as a 0 x 0 pixel to prevent causing errors. [Link ...

“Today, we’re announcing that two Facebook Social Plugins – the Facebook Like button and the Facebook Comment button – will be discontinued on February 10, 2026,” reads a company blog post on its ...

Importantly, the Like button inside Facebook is not going away. Users will still be able to react to posts, photos, reels and ...

The Facebook Like button is one of the most recognizable symbols on social media — a small blue thumbs-up that has shaped how ...