Facebook is Working on a 'Dislike' Button

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Posted September 15, 2015 at 8:53pm by iClarified

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is working on a 'Dislike' button, reports Business Insider.

"I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years. Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we’re working on it and shipping it," Zuckerberg said during a Q&A at Facebook's headquarters.

Zuckerberg says that a dislike button wasn't designed right away to prevent Facebook from becoming a system for upvoting and downvoting like reddit. "That isn’t what we’re here to build in the world," he said.

However, the company has realized that people want to express a feeling other than liking. For example, people don't want to "like" news about family members that have died or the refugee crisis.

"What they really want is the ability to express empathy. Not every moment is a good moment," Zuckerberg said.

While Facebook has been working on the new button for a while, it hopes to launch it soon.

"It’s surprisingly complicated to make an interaction that will be simple," Zuckerberg said.

Facebook is Working on a 'Dislike' Button

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Loke Fook Seng - September 16, 2015 at 1:06pm

Hope that in future there are sort and search function for posts for easier navigation.

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Butterspider - September 16, 2015 at 12:48am

I want an abstain button

Captain Japan - September 16, 2015 at 12:44am

Sounds ghey to me.

selvamax - September 16, 2015 at 12:43am

Not a good idea and this brings many problems

MUKAI - September 15, 2015 at 11:35pm

Didn't they have that before?

Chris - September 15, 2015 at 11:28pm

Dislike button going to cause bullying issues with the younger Facebook users. I understand the desire for the plenty of stuff I would dislike, how ever if a teen post a photo of him or herself and get bombarded with dislikes because kids can be mean to people that may be different I could see this causing self esteem issues... Today's generation are not as tough skinned as we were and they have a lot more to deal with having this public social media forum... I am surprised at Facebook.

psyclone - September 16, 2015 at 10:39pm

I made the post you replied to..

gamerscul9870 - September 15, 2015 at 9:46pm

Middle finger button

NoGoodNick - September 15, 2015 at 8:58pm

Good. I'll go on and vote that I "Dislike" Facebook and gave up on it when everyone's great grandparent started surfing it.