Disheartening to see that Facebook is unabashedly aping the cornerstones of various sites (reddit) and apps (Snap). That said, a downvote, or a "dislike" button, is almost always a double-edged sword - although it can be used to tune out hateful comments, it can also turn potentially meaningful comment sections into echo chambers extremely fast. I do not see this turning out well.
Facebook rolls out trial of 'dislike' button for downvoting comments
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Re: Facebook rolls out trial of 'dislike' button for downvoting comments
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Yeah, some sites have proper reaction systems that let you rate a post on multiple basises. Slashdot's an obvious example, but quite a few forums have such systems too, with the XenForo version having options for: Like Dislike Agree Disagree Happy Funny Surprised Sad Angry Winner Friendly Informative Creative Useful Optimistic Boring Old Bad Spelling As well as whatever other options the site owner may have added. So…
> So there are systems out there which differentiate between a post someone disagrees with and one that's low quality, ...which don't actually mean anything in practice because (1) disagreement effects perception of quality, so even honest voters in a system which distinguished the two will still be likely to mark a post that they disagree with as low wuality, and (2) people in practice, given the option, will mark a…
Maybe it stops holding up on Reddit scale though.