It’s Official! Facebook Is To Add A “Dislike” Button

Brace yourselves: the Facebook “Dislike” button is coming!

The founder of the social network has spoken. CEO Mark Zuckerberg (31 year old) says a “dislike” button has been constantly requested by some users since the introduction of the now-iconic “like” button in 2009. The button would be a way for people to express empathy.

“People have asked about the ‘dislike’ button for many years,” Mr Zuckerberg told the audience on Tuesday in a Q+A session held at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

“Probably hundreds of people have asked about this, and today is a special day because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it, and are very close to shipping a test of it.”

However he went on to say he did not want it to be a mechanism with which people could “down vote” others’ posts.

Instead, it will be for times when clicking “like” on “sad” posts felt insensitive.

What do you think about this new addition guys?