Friends who check in at the gym at 7 a.m. on weekends, game inviters, proud parents (such as me), wannabe chefs who flood us with pictures of their gastronomic attempts, and scammers too – they will all be judged with a single button: dislike.
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Facebook launched the dislike option, which is so far
available in the Messenger app. We can finally express
disgust and discontent at the things our friends and
others consider social media-worthy. If the network
decides to expand the availability of the dislike button,
companies and advertisers may also get a more down-to-
earth picture of their actual Facebook fans.
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Friends who check in at the gym at 7 a.m. on weekends, game inviters, proud parents
(such as me), wannabe chefs who flood us with pictures of their gastronomic attempts, and
scammers too – they will all be judged with a single button: dislike.
Facebook launched the dislike option, which is so far available in the Messenger app. We can
finally express disgust and discontent at the things our friends and others consider social media-
worthy. If the network decides to expand the availability of the dislike button, companies and
advertisers may also get a more down-to-earth picture of their actual Facebook fans.
A recent ABC News story revealed the company is interested in finding out what users don’t like
about Facebook posts, statuses, images and even ads spreading on the network, so the wider
available “dislike” may be soon launched.
The “thumbs-down” option is part of a series of “stickers” that can be downloaded from
Facebook’s sticker store. The package also includes a heart, a peace sign, a protest fist, a hand
holding a bunch of flowers and a glass of champagne.
The “dislike” button has already made history on the social network. Scammers set up pages to
promote “dislike” apps since 2009. After installing malicious add-ons, users discovered the apps
were tricky and featured unwanted ads.
“It is fun to have a Dislike button, no doubt about it!,” one user complained. “You only get the
button on some statuses, though, never on comments – and, worst of all, the app places an
ENORMOUS advertisement on the page! I even installed an ad blocker to try & get rid of it – all
the normal ads disappeared, but the ‘Dislike’ ad remained.”
Similar scams redirect users to fraudulent surveys. The latest series of scams promising users a
dislike button was caught by Bitdefender’s free app Safego a couple of days ago.-ADAPTED