Facebook is working on a 'dislike' button, says Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook is working on a 'dislike' button, says Mark Zuckerberg

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/facebook-working-dislike-button-says-mark-zuckerberg' title="Facebook is working on a 'dislike' button, says Mark Zuckerberg"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brb/public/field/image/2015/05/facebook-notifications-groups-hero.jpg?itok=yJYxKPXG' />[/url]</p> <p>Facebook users have debated for a long time whether or not the social networking service should have a "dislike" button alongside its famous "like" feature. Now there's word direct from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that a "dislike" button is not only in the works, but it closer to a launch than you might think.</p>  <p>CNBC reports that during an online Q&A session, Zuckerberg had this to say about a "dislike" button for Facebook:</p>

<p>"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.</p>

<p>Zuckerberg said that he didn't want such a button to be similar to the "downvote" post feature that's used on sites like Reddit:</p>

<p>Instead, Zuckerberg said, the new feature will allow people to "express empathy" with their Facebook friends, explaining what many users of the social media platform already knew: "If you are sharing something that is sad...then it may not feel comfortable to 'like' that post."</p>

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