Facebook dislike button on the horizon
For about six years, the some one and a half billion people that use Facebook have been able to show that they like a photo, post, or comment on the social media website by clicking a little thumbs up that ‘likes’ the post. Many people have exhibited a desire for a button to show disapproval, or a Facebook dislike button. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and creator of Facebook announced that the website is close to unveiling a dislike button at a Q&A session at the company headquarters in California last Tuesday.
Zuckerberg said he had been hesitant to create a dislike button for fear of creating discontent on the site. However, a ‘like’ is not always appropriate, say, in the event of a death.
“It’s important to give people more options than just ‘like'” to help express empathy and sympathy, Zuckerberg said. “Not every moment is a good moment.”
According to an article by USAtoday.com, “what may happen is that Facebook unveils a “sympathize” button or a series of buttons that convey support or solidarity or express other similarly positive emotions. The giant social network encourages civil interactions among its 1.5 billion users.”
Facebook is trying to go about this change carefully as to not make the site full of negativity or disapproval between users.
“Some people have asked for a dislike button because they want to say, ‘That thing isn’t good.’ And that’s not something that we think is good for the world. So we’re not going to build that,” Zuckerberg said at the time.
A ‘sympathize’ button better represents what Facebook wants out of another choice besides ‘like’. The company does not want to discourage users from sharing freely, and does not want to create a sense of up-voting and down-voting as is seen on websites like Reddit.
A change like this could really alter the way the popular site is used- and potentially how real estate is marketed and advertised on social media. Only time will tell!
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