Why Facebook will never have the 'Dislike' button

We've all been there. Someone posts an update on Facebook, you can't think of anything meaningful to write beneath it, but just 'liking' it would convey a very different message to "I'm so sorry to hear this sad news." If only there were a 'Dislike' button.

It's something that's come up time and time again, and interestingly it was actually a hot topic during the creation of the Facebook 'Like'. We know because the creator of the 'Like' button and Facebook ex-CTO Bret Taylor told us himself. But he also explained why there never was one, and probably never will be one: it's just far too complex.

"(The 'Dislike' button) came up a lot. In fact even the language of the word like was something we discussed a lot as well. But regarding the 'Dislike' button, the main reason is that in the context of the social network, the negativity of that button has a lot of unfortunate consequences."

"The reason we launched the (Like) button in the first place was that there were a lot of times that people wanted to acknowledge something someone did, but didn't have anything to say. And a lot of comments were one word like 'cool' or 'wow' so the 'Like' button let people did that with a single click. It wasn't really just a sentiment of 'Like'."

Haters gonna hate
But a 'Dislike' button wouldn't work in the same way, said Taylor, and would only bring a lot of negativity with it instead.

"I have the feeling that if there were to be a 'Dislike' button is that you would end up with these really negative social aspects to it. If you want to dislike something, you should probably write a comment, because there's probably a word for what you want to say. I'm not saying the 'Like' button isn't flawed would it be even more complex with a negative sentiment like 'Dislike'."

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