So Facebook has a dislike button now — only it’s shaped like an arrow. There’s one up arrow and one down arrow, and both arrows sit below comments in several areas of Facebook. Much like Reddit, comments are upvoted or downvoted, and rise or fall in large threads as such. Basically Facebook copied Reddit. I don’t think<\/b>
\nSo Facebook has a dislike button now \u2013 only it\u2019s shaped like an arrow. There\u2019s one up arrow and one down arrow, and both arrows sit below comments in several areas of Facebook. Much like Reddit, comments are upvoted or downvoted, and rise or fall in large threads as such. Basically Facebook copied Reddit.
I don\u2019t think copying Reddit\u2019s voting system is a bad move for Facebook. I believe the social network should use any methods necessary to try to keep users inside their walled garden of internal sharing and button-mashing. Anything to distract from the continued public shaming Facebook\u2019s been the subject of over the past few weeks.
With this new up- and down-vote system, Facebook hopes to let the public \u2013 the Facebook public \u2013 do the same job Reddit users do on a daily basis. \u201cSupport better comments,\u201d said the first public notices of this new system. \u201cPress the up arrow if you think that a comment is helpful or insightful. Your input is anonymous.\u201d
\u201cStop bad comments,\u201d said the Facebook feature\u2019s notification of the downvote. \u201cPress the down arrow if a comment has bad intentions or is disrespectful. It\u2019s still OK to disagree in a respectful way.\u201d With the tapping of your finger, on the button, anonymously!
Facebook shared a message this afternoon about the roll-out of this new set of features. \u201cFacebook is a place for free expression, but we also recognize that there should be a way for people tell us and each other which comments are most thoughtful and useful.\u201d
\u201cTo that end, we\u2019re running a test that introduces an upvote and downvote action for comments on large public Page posts,\u201d said a Facebook representative. \u201cThis feature allows people to push those thoughtful and engaging comments to the top of the discussion thread, and to move down the ones that are simply attacks or filled with profanity.\u201d
Of particular importance to the everyday average user is the location of these new buttons. They don\u2019t appear on every single post, or every single comment. They\u2019re reserved for large public Page posts, specifically \u2013 for the time being. They will not (or should not) appear on personal News Feeds or \u201cinteractions with friends.\u201d
Let us know if you see these upvote and downvote buttons anywhere other than large public Page posts. And be on the lookout for more buttons and changes to Facebook in the coming weeks and months. They wont let millions of users leave their service without a fight!<\/p>\n

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