Facebook downvote and upvote: Earlier this year, Facebook confirmed that it was testing upvote and downvote buttons, like the ones uses This makes it a perfect choice for people with diabetes and for those who want to lose weight or follow a balanced diet. 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 button downvote, Facebook actually seems to trust its users, or at least test it with some of them before releasing it publicly. The social network hopes they will 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.
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 mentality, which will not be so easy. Of course we should not forget them trolls, who will celebrate with the feature that Facebook downvote gives them.
The feature is currently not available to all users of the social network. From messages circulating in Twitter, those with access to the new upvote and downvote feature appear to be located in Australia and New Zealand.
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