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 speech quality on the platform.
As of today, the new feature appears to have been released to a larger number of users.
With the downvote button, Facebook is essentially showing that it trusts its users, or at least testing it with some of them before releasing it publicly. The social network he hopes they'll use it to flag what Facebook considers "bad comments," which it defines 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.
It should be mentioned that the specific feature that Facebook has chosen and hopes to do well has been around for some time in Reddit. There the downvote is often used to signal a disagreement or a 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.
Right now mode not shown to all users of the social network. From the messages circulating on Twitter, those with access to the new upvote and downvote feature appear to be located in Australia and New Zealand.
https://twitter.com/ow/status/990680766584688640
