In recent interviews, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has addressed the social network's "like" button, which users can use to quickly acknowledge posts or messages—but which also lacks a certain amount of nuance for more sensitive or sad content. As recently as December, Zuckerberg said that he wasn't interested in a "dislike" button, but a Tuesday "town hall" Q&A saw the cofounder change his tune.
“People have asked about the dislike button for many years," Zuckerberg told a crowd on Tuesday at Facebook's Menlo Park office (and a livestream crowd at the event's official site). "We’ve finally heard you, and we’re working on this."
Like in prior interviews, Zuckerberg commented on fears that a form of "dislike" button would be used to "downvote" posts à la Reddit, but on Tuesday, he acknowledged growing interest in a simple interaction that better fits sad posts—he mentioned topics ranging from personal trauma to international tragedies—that offers "the ability to express empathy."
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