Facebook downvote and upvote: Earlier this year, Facebook confirmed that it was testing upvote and downvote buttons, like the ones used by Reddit, with the aim of improving the quality of speech in platform.
As of today, the new feature appears to have been released to a larger number of users.
With the downvote button, Facebook essentially seems to trust them users of or at least testing it with some of them before releasing it publicly. The social network hopes they will use it to highlight what Facebook considers “bad comments”, And defines them as comments with“ bad intentions or disrespect. ”
The larger social network points out that this is not a rival but we believe it will almost certainly be used in that way.
Let's say that the specific feature that Facebook has chosen and is optimistic to go well has been around for quite some time at Reddit. Downvote is often used as a sign of a dispute or confrontation.
Facebook probably wants to change this mindset, which will not be that easy. Of course we should not forget the trolls, who will be celebrating the ability of Facebook downvote.
The feature is currently not available to all users of the social network. From messages circulating on Twitter, those who have access to the new upvote and downvote feature appear to be on Australia and New Zealand.
https://twitter.com/ow/status/990680766584688640