Facebook Dislike Button? Don't Count on It
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 09/16/2015 05:58 AM
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The rumors of a possible dislike button have begun (again) following a statement from Mark Zuckerberg.
“People have asked about the ‘dislike’ button for many years, and probably hundreds of people have asked about this, and today is a special day because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it, and are very close to shipping a test of it,” he said. “Not every moment is a good moment if you share something that’s sad like a refugee crisis that touches you or a family member passes away, it may not be comfortable to ‘like’ that post. I do think it’s important to give people more options than liking it.”
We don’t see it happening; it’s just trouble from the get-go but we find it more likely that a larger range of ways to show your emotions is what you will see and probably in the next few weeks.
I have heard many news organizations running with the dislike button, most likely because it is being used as a headline on many "news" sites but it's simply speculation and not fact. If you read it, he simply says (at the end) that people need more options than simply "Like".
“People have asked about the ‘dislike’ button for many years, and probably hundreds of people have asked about this, and today is a special day because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it, and are very close to shipping a test of it,” he said. “Not every moment is a good moment if you share something that’s sad like a refugee crisis that touches you or a family member passes away, it may not be comfortable to ‘like’ that post. I do think it’s important to give people more options than liking it.”
We don’t see it happening; it’s just trouble from the get-go but we find it more likely that a larger range of ways to show your emotions is what you will see and probably in the next few weeks.
I have heard many news organizations running with the dislike button, most likely because it is being used as a headline on many "news" sites but it's simply speculation and not fact. If you read it, he simply says (at the end) that people need more options than simply "Like".
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