Facebook considers adding a 'Sympathize' button, no luck on a "Dislike" button

Speaking yesterday at the company’s annual Compassion Research Day, Facebook engineer Dan Muriello said that another engineer for the company had whipped up the button at a previous compassion-themed hackathon. The announcement was first reported by Bianca Bosker at the Huffington Post.


No word on a dislike button for when people want me to hear about their politics.

Man, these people define boring. Go ahead, see how long you can last listening or watching.