Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ponders Dislike button
Mark Zuckerberg spoke about the much-wanted feature at a town hall meeting
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has pondered the virtues of a Dislike button.
He hosted the companys second live town hall meeting at Facebooks headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Thursday afternoon, which featured a question-and-answer session between the CEO and Facebook users.
The ubiquitous Like button was added to Facebooks newsfeed in a 2009 update and users have complained about the lack of a Dislike button pretty much ever since.
"Were thinking about it," Zuckerberg said in response to a question about such a button. "Its an interesting question.
A Dislike button could be utilized in the instance of someone expressing grief or sadness on the social media network. A common social media conundrum is if hitting the Like button showed support or reveled in somoene's sadness.
Zuckerberg worried, however, that it would open up an avenue to openly shame users on the site maybe the prerogative for some snarky users, but not for a CEO concerned with turning a profit.
Zuckerberg, therefore, doesnt believe a Dislike button is the way to proceed, although the social media network is apparently considering some buttons that go beyond the Like button.
But we need to figure out a good way to do it, he told the crowd. We dont have anything thats coming soon but it is an area of discussion.
Zuckerbergs advice for expressing condolences for sad events in a friend life?
"You can always just comment," he said, echoing most etiquette experts in this digital age.
Zuckerberg also took umbrage when asked how Facebook could be less of a waste of time.
Facebook is giving people a tool to stay connected with more people that they may not be able to do, he said. I dont really think its a waste of time at all. Its sad that its considered a waste of time to cultivate relationships, he said.
Anadolu Agency
He hosted the companys second live town hall meeting at Facebooks headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Thursday afternoon, which featured a question-and-answer session between the CEO and Facebook users.
The ubiquitous Like button was added to Facebooks newsfeed in a 2009 update and users have complained about the lack of a Dislike button pretty much ever since.
"Were thinking about it," Zuckerberg said in response to a question about such a button. "Its an interesting question.
A Dislike button could be utilized in the instance of someone expressing grief or sadness on the social media network. A common social media conundrum is if hitting the Like button showed support or reveled in somoene's sadness.
Zuckerberg worried, however, that it would open up an avenue to openly shame users on the site maybe the prerogative for some snarky users, but not for a CEO concerned with turning a profit.
Zuckerberg, therefore, doesnt believe a Dislike button is the way to proceed, although the social media network is apparently considering some buttons that go beyond the Like button.
But we need to figure out a good way to do it, he told the crowd. We dont have anything thats coming soon but it is an area of discussion.
Zuckerbergs advice for expressing condolences for sad events in a friend life?
"You can always just comment," he said, echoing most etiquette experts in this digital age.
Zuckerberg also took umbrage when asked how Facebook could be less of a waste of time.
Facebook is giving people a tool to stay connected with more people that they may not be able to do, he said. I dont really think its a waste of time at all. Its sad that its considered a waste of time to cultivate relationships, he said.
Anadolu Agency
