Facebook’s Reddit-like ‘Downvote’ Button Rolls out to Additional Users
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Rather Facebook insist that the new feature is being added
with the intention of “supporting better comments” by highlighting comments
deemed to be “helpful or insightful”. They are hoping that this will improve
public discourse on the platform and create a safer, more enjoyable environment
for users.
“Our hope is that this feature will make it easier for us to
create such spaces, by ranking the comments that readers believe deserve to
rank highest, rather than the comments that get the strongest emotional
reaction,” a spokesman for Facebook told the BBC.
Based on the emergence of the new buttons in various tweeted
screenshots, we can assert that the newly expanded trial appears to be taking
place throughout New Zealand and some parts of Australia. There is no word as
of yet on when the feature will be rolled out on a global scale, or indeed if
it ever will be, so for now we will have to wait and see. I do have my doubts
however; the internet has long been home to trolling and abuse, and I expect
the individuals who carry out such acts to take to this new avenue of
expressing disapproval with glee.
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Facebook’s Reddit-like ‘Downvote’ Button Rolls out to Additional Users
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