Facebook has begun rolling out a new feature that lets users upvote or downvote comments.<\/b>
\nIn an effort to clean up its act, Facebook took a leaf out of Reddit\u2019s book and began testing upvote and downvote buttons for comments.
While the trial was carried out in the US, Facebook is now rolling out the new tool to more users. Going by tweets posted since the start of its rollout over the weekend, it appears that most of the users are in Australia and New Zealand.
The new tool has been employed for comments on public posts and, Facebook insists, isn\u2019t similar to the thumbs-up and thumbs-down options for \u2018liking\u2019 or \u2018disliking\u2019 posts.
Facebook wants its users to use the new tool to downvote \u201cbad comments\u201d that have \u201cbad intentions or [are] disrespectful\u201d, but there doesn\u2019t seem to be anything to stop users from employing the downvote button in a similar manner to the dislike option.
Users, however, can\u2019t seem to make up their minds about the new tool. While Facebook might be doing everything it can to recover its tarnished reputation, it might take time for the new system to work as efficiently as it does on Reddit.<\/p>\n

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