Since the launch of Facebook in the year 2004, it has seen a stratospheric growth.
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So of course everyone and their brother wrote this headline: Facebook is making a “dislike” button.
Facebook might be an old horse in the social media space, but it’s still the biggest game in town.
However, the “like” button has drawn criticism over the way Facebook uses it to collect data on its users. Rather than communicating face-to-face, we have become a society separated by a million glowing screens. But Lord Zuck has spoken, revealing that the social network is now building that very button. This is being done through the introduction of new features to make the social media site accessible and loved by as many, all over the world, as possible.
Zuckerberg commented before a live crowd at Menlo Park, California that the “dislike” button was tougher to create than had been originally expected. When communicating exclusively in text, there is bound to be misunderstanding and conflict. “Good Lord – “dislike” on that would be a huge flaming mess”, Williamson said.
“We’ve been working on this for a while, actually”. “People are going to push that button just to provoke others”, she predicted. Right now, I know kids talk a lot about “my post had 35 likes and Sarah’s only had 10”. Are you saying you don’t like a post? Or could you do anything but ignore, at best, an endless post about a drunken party to which you weren’t invited? We do not need negativity in death for that only makes the pain worse. The firm is working towards becoming so much more.
A “You’ve Got My Vote!” button for your friends who appear to be running for office with their nonstop, measured commentary on every issue.
An actual thumbs down icon may not be the result as Zuckerberg says he’s looking for a way to allow users to express a broader range of emotions. Earlier this year, Facebook reported that it would tweak the algorithm to account for how long users spent on a particular post, because users often didn’t want to like a sad post. Why engage in constructive critical discussion when you can merely “like”.
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But will it even be a true “dislike” button?
