Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Brace yourselves: the Facebook “Dislike” button is coming.

After years of refusing to build one, the social network is finally going to give us a way to express something other than a “Like.”Despite previously saying the social network wasn’t planning to build a “dislike” button, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during a Tuesday Q&A session that his company has indeed been working on one.“I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years,” he said. “Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we’re working on it and shipping it.”
The exact form a “Dislike” button may take is still up in the air. “What users really want is the ability to express empathy,” he added. “Not every moment is a good moment.”
Facebook has long shied away from building a “Dislike” button over concerns it would invite rampant negativity. 
That isn’t what we’re here to build in the world,” Zuckerberg said.


No comments:

Post a Comment