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'Dislike' button coming to Facebook

5 points by SimplyUseless 11y ago

amyjess 11y ago
> Instead, it will be for times when clicking "like" on "sad" posts felt insensitive. Of course, the most important part was the last sentence of the article. Calling it the "hug" button would work better than "dislike".
- hit8run 11y ago
  Zuckerberg knows that the dislike button would many people stop from posting their trash. Perhaps the will just rename the like button to whatever fits the context best based on the posted event (probably needs to be categorized).
  - SimplyUseless 11y ago
    Having opposites (Like/Dislike, Up/Down) is natural and Facebook tried to create behaviour which is not natural. I think this is a great proof that Businesses have to adapt to the users and not the other way around.
    - kedean 11y ago
      I disagree, dichotomies aren't always the natural way to do things. Facebook was never meant to be a discussion space like Reddit, it's an echo chamber where you can share things with people who will only acknowledge when they enjoy it. Some people might dislike that facet, but it's something unique that sites like Facebook and Twitter always provided. It makes people feel good about themselves. Few people post a news article to facebook because they want a healthy debate on it, they do it because they want to get general agreement from their friends and family. The people who go on and start arguments in the comments are pretty universally hated in my experience. Nobody likes scrolling through the news feed and seeing drama drama drama.
  - kolev 11y ago
    Like/dislike is not structured feedback. The most awkward situation is when people "like" some tragic article. In this case, Reddit and HN do better - you up/down vote, you don't "like". Instead, they should've added multiple "reactions". Like/dislike, agree/disagree, boost up/down, etc. Of course, the equivalent of "upvoting" possibly is "sharing", but often you don't want to pollute your timeline, just to boost the visibility. I think Facebook is making things worse, not better.
- lcswi 11y ago
  You would an additional feature to ask the poster for consent before the hug button becomes enabled though, I am not if that complexity can be easily designed.
SimplyUseless 11y ago
It took more than 5 years of complaining by millions of users. http://www.fsf.org/facebook/mark-zuckerberg-is-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-wheres-the-dislike-button http://www.fsf.org/facebook/mark-zuckerberg-is-time-magazine...
kolev 11y ago
This is some really stupid decision! Even more stupid than adding the stickers! All that we've seen going wrong here and over at reddit with the community-destroying negative voting is coming to Facebook - let the flame wars begin! Trolls are gonna love it, too! Instead, what they had to do is copy Slack's emoji reactions - the most brilliant thing they could've done to improve feedback. Or at least copy BuzzFeed's original reaction approach for the lazy majority.
- kolev 11y ago
  So, I was right, I guess: http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/emoji-button/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/emoji-button/
- kolev 11y ago
  It looks like that's what they are gonna do, which makes me happy: https://vimeo.com/139401042 https://vimeo.com/139401042
JdeBP 11y ago
My first question is this ... * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222963 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222663 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222899 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223054 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223160 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223480 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223523 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223535 ... when is Hacker News going to get a "Yes; we know!" button? (-:
- pavornyoh 11y ago
  How about just locking the threads started for the same topic after it has been posted and then merging to the 1st one posted?
- SimplyUseless 11y ago
  Thanks JdeBP. You raised a very valid point. I have submitted a separate discussion thread on this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10225569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10225569

5 points by SimplyUseless 11y ago

> Instead, it will be for times when clicking "like" on "sad" posts felt insensitive. Of course, the most important part was the last sentence of the article. Calling it the "hug" button would work better than "dislike".

hit8run 11y ago
Zuckerberg knows that the dislike button would many people stop from posting their trash. Perhaps the will just rename the like button to whatever fits the context best based on the posted event (probably needs to be categorized).
- SimplyUseless 11y ago
  Having opposites (Like/Dislike, Up/Down) is natural and Facebook tried to create behaviour which is not natural. I think this is a great proof that Businesses have to adapt to the users and not the other way around.
  - kedean 11y ago
    I disagree, dichotomies aren't always the natural way to do things. Facebook was never meant to be a discussion space like Reddit, it's an echo chamber where you can share things with people who will only acknowledge when they enjoy it. Some people might dislike that facet, but it's something unique that sites like Facebook and Twitter always provided. It makes people feel good about themselves. Few people post a news article to facebook because they want a healthy debate on it, they do it because they want to get general agreement from their friends and family. The people who go on and start arguments in the comments are pretty universally hated in my experience. Nobody likes scrolling through the news feed and seeing drama drama drama.
- kolev 11y ago
  Like/dislike is not structured feedback. The most awkward situation is when people "like" some tragic article. In this case, Reddit and HN do better - you up/down vote, you don't "like". Instead, they should've added multiple "reactions". Like/dislike, agree/disagree, boost up/down, etc. Of course, the equivalent of "upvoting" possibly is "sharing", but often you don't want to pollute your timeline, just to boost the visibility. I think Facebook is making things worse, not better.
lcswi 11y ago
You would an additional feature to ask the poster for consent before the hug button becomes enabled though, I am not if that complexity can be easily designed.

SimplyUseless 11y ago

It took more than 5 years of complaining by millions of users. http://www.fsf.org/facebook/mark-zuckerberg-is-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-wheres-the-dislike-button http://www.fsf.org/facebook/mark-zuckerberg-is-time-magazine...

kolev 11y ago

This is some really stupid decision! Even more stupid than adding the stickers! All that we've seen going wrong here and over at reddit with the community-destroying negative voting is coming to Facebook - let the flame wars begin! Trolls are gonna love it, too! Instead, what they had to do is copy Slack's emoji reactions - the most brilliant thing they could've done to improve feedback. Or at least copy BuzzFeed's original reaction approach for the lazy majority.

kolev 11y ago
So, I was right, I guess: http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/emoji-button/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/emoji-button/
kolev 11y ago
It looks like that's what they are gonna do, which makes me happy: https://vimeo.com/139401042 https://vimeo.com/139401042

JdeBP 11y ago

My first question is this ... * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222963 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222663 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10222899 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223054 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223160 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223480 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223523 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223535 ... when is Hacker News going to get a "Yes; we know!" button? (-:

pavornyoh 11y ago
How about just locking the threads started for the same topic after it has been posted and then merging to the 1st one posted?
SimplyUseless 11y ago
Thanks JdeBP. You raised a very valid point. I have submitted a separate discussion thread on this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10225569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10225569