Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has cleared the air that he is thinking of making a Facebook ''dislike button'' in an interactive questions and answers with the public, after he replied a question from a UC Davis law student named Eric: “Judging by the success of the Like button, has there been any conversations about adding a Dislike button?”, according to Yahoo Tech
“You know, we're thinking about it, on the Dislike button,” Zuckerberg replied,.....and the floodgates of the Internet burst open. The BBC wrote a post headlined “Facebook thinking about ‘dislike’ function – Zuckerberg.” CNET, and other publications followed with similar titles. But literally seconds later, Zuckerberg clarified what he meant:
“Some people have asked for a dislike button because they want to be able to say, ‘That thing isn't good,’ ” he said. “And that’s not something that we think is good for the world. So we’re not going to build that. I don’t think there needs to be a voting mechanism on Facebook about whether posts are good or bad. I don’t think that’s socially very valuable or good for the community to help people share the important moments in their lives.”The town-hall style session was held at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters, hosted active Facebookers from around the country, as well as employees.
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