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Facebook working on ‘dislike’ button

Facebook might finally give users the ability to "dislike" things. During a question-and-answer session streamed live on Facebook on Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg said the company was testing alternatives to the "Like" button. "People have asked about the 'dislike' button for many years," Zuckerberg said at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. "Today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it"/NBC News. More here.

DFO: Disqus used to give Huckleberries commenters/blurkers the ability to dislike posts and comments. The software would keep track of the number of dislikes a post/comment would attract. Now, all we have a a general dislike button that shows only that someone has punched it, not the number. Would you like to post a comment that a whole bunch of people disliked?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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