Thumbs up... or thumbs down?
After years of social media speculation, Facebook is finally working on a DISLIKE button! Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO announced the news at a town hall meeting yesterday, confirming the feature has been requested so much that the company is finally moving forward with the project.
But, the button might not be exactly what we're thinking. Facebook doesn't want the new "dislike" button to serve as a way to "downvote" posts. So, moving away from that Reddit-style voting, the new button is meant to express other emotions besides the inferred positivity of the "Like" button.
Maybe you've had this happen to you before. Your friend's pet just passed, or their grandma is sick. You want to show you see the post and are thinking of them. Do you "like" it? Or, say, you are reading a news article about a devastating shooting and you want to show you care. Do you "like" the article? These are the situations that call for a different type of button. Zuckerberg said, "What (people) really want is the ability to express empathy. Not every moment is a good moment."
So, the button might not be called "dislike". What do you think the new Facebook button should be called?
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