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Facebook is still struggling with a dislike button
AFP Relax - Fri, Dec 12, 2014
Facebook is still struggling with a dislike button
At a public Q&A meeting on Thursday, the companys CEO, Mark Zuckerberg accepted that Facebooks 1.2 billion users need a third way of responding to their friends posts, but not one thats too negative.
Whenever users get a chance to grill their favorite social networks creator, the absence of a dislike button is always one of the most popular points and during the Q&A, Zuckerberg accepted that clicking "like" on a post is not always appropriate -- especially when the post in question is about illness or loss.
"There are more sentiments that people want to express other than positivity or that they like something. You know, a lot of times, people share things on Facebook that are sad, moments in their lives, or are tough social or cultural things and often people tell us that they dont feel comfortable pressing like because like isnt the appropriate sentiment when someone lost a loved one," said Zuckerberg.
In these situations, "People say they dont feel comfortable pressing Like," he said. However, the reason why the company hasnt simply added a dislike button as a third means of responding alongside liking and leaving a comment, is that it could all to easily end up being a: "Force for bad and demeaning the posts that people are putting out there."
Therefore the option the company is working on will give people the power to express different types of emotional sentiment, even negative sentiments: "but we need to figure out the right way to do it -- that it ends up being a force for good," he said.
Source: Yahoo! Philippines Technology
Source Link: https://ph.news.yahoo.com/facebook-still-struggling-dislike-button-114220870.html
AFP Relax - Fri, Dec 12, 2014
Facebook is still struggling with a dislike button
At a public Q&A meeting on Thursday, the companys CEO, Mark Zuckerberg accepted that Facebooks 1.2 billion users need a third way of responding to their friends posts, but not one thats too negative.
Whenever users get a chance to grill their favorite social networks creator, the absence of a dislike button is always one of the most popular points and during the Q&A, Zuckerberg accepted that clicking "like" on a post is not always appropriate -- especially when the post in question is about illness or loss.
"There are more sentiments that people want to express other than positivity or that they like something. You know, a lot of times, people share things on Facebook that are sad, moments in their lives, or are tough social or cultural things and often people tell us that they dont feel comfortable pressing like because like isnt the appropriate sentiment when someone lost a loved one," said Zuckerberg.
In these situations, "People say they dont feel comfortable pressing Like," he said. However, the reason why the company hasnt simply added a dislike button as a third means of responding alongside liking and leaving a comment, is that it could all to easily end up being a: "Force for bad and demeaning the posts that people are putting out there."
Therefore the option the company is working on will give people the power to express different types of emotional sentiment, even negative sentiments: "but we need to figure out the right way to do it -- that it ends up being a force for good," he said.
Source: Yahoo! Philippines Technology
Source Link: https://ph.news.yahoo.com/facebook-still-struggling-dislike-button-114220870.html
