I kind of hate this idea. I see only negativity coming from it.
I understand, as Zuckerberg states, the desire to make a button people can click in reaction to a sad or emotional post, but how about a “sympathy/empathy” button rather than “dislike”? I don’t know about you, but I think I’d feel even more uncomfortable hitting a “dislike” button on a post about a family member’s illness/death than I would hitting a “like” button (which people currently do, not because they actually “like” it, but to show sympathy….which at this point I think is pretty universally understood).
I mean, don’t get me wrong– I am SUPER excited to start disliking photos of cats.
But I think that’s exactly the problem….
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/15/9333335/facebook-dislike-button-being-made-nearing-tests
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There are probably a whole host of buttons they could make (and why is it taking so long?) How about confused? Upset? My opinion exactly? I’m on the fence? Your post isn’t clear? There are so many buttons. For good publicity they should let users design the buttons.
I don’t know why I am ranting. I barely use facebook and I so rarely “like” anything on it. In terms of my own blogs, I get “likes” from people that don’t even visit the site. I guess they liked the title.
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