Instagram is testing a dislike button, but only for comments<p>Instagram is <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/DGD12NZPjwb?xmt=AQGzmp5zh7y_3oS5hnlu3WkGjDiyq9sIlfiA2xZsF9nz4A">testing a new dislike button[/url], which the company has signaled is a way for users to effectively downvote a distasteful or irrelevant comment. The dislike button is only for comments, and not the actual content itself. The platform is testing this with both Reels and Feed posts.</p>
<p>The service will not show a dislike count, though Instagram head Adam Mosseri says that dislikes will eventually contribute to comment ranking. In other words, this feature is most like the Reddit downvote button.</p>
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"This gives people a private way to signal that they don’t feel good about that particular comment," Mosseri wrote on Threads. "Our hope is that this might help make comments more friendly on Instagram."</p>
<p>A Meta <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/14/instagram-tests-a-dislike-button-for-comments/">spokesperson told
TechCrunch[/url] that the primary purpose of the dislike button is to improve the quality of the comment section, echoing Mosseri’s post. This is just a test for now, so the button is only available to a “very small group of people.” It may get a broader rollout down the line.</p>
<p>Instagram has been busy in recent months. Platform representatives announced that it was working on a video-editing app <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-is-rushing-out-a-new-video-editing-app-that-sure-sounds-a-lot-like-capcut-205054034.html">that looks eerily-similar[/url] to TikTok’s sibling app, CapCut. The platform even <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-swoops-in-with-3-minute-reels-and-rectangular-profile-grids-as-the-tiktok-ban-gets-real-201316339.html">expanded the length of Reels[/url] to three minutes, which was seen as another TikTok mimic. It also recently <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-is-ditching-third-party-fact-checkers-on-facebook-instagram-142330246.html">got rid of third-party fact checkers[/url] because of freedom or something.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-is-testing-a-dislike-button-but-only-for-comments-192130246.html?src=rssSource:
Instagram is testing a dislike button, but only for comments
