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Should there be Unlike button in facebook? (13 posts)

Topic tags: Facebook, facebook thumb down, facebook unlike button

Moin Shaikh said
1 year, 3 months ago:
If we can express our joy to a post why should we have ability to express thumb down feeling by hitting unlike button. So why not facebook shall introduce a thumb down / unlike button? Do you agree?
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Ian Pace said
1 year, 3 months ago:
I thinking this would just cause a lot of fighting/bitching would leave it out myself
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Melissa Agnes said
1 year, 3 months ago:
I agree with @pacey
The like is a nice, positive approach, and always feels good when we get one. Dislike would be rather negative and twist and would not feel so good. Then it would start being like a “battle of likes vs. dislikes” – Not somewhere I’d be interested in going. Actually, would turn me off to Facebook for business, to tell you the truth.
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Warren Veach said
1 year, 3 months ago:
I admit there are times when I see some rather hateful or dis-tasteful posts that I wouldn’t mind having a “unlike” button.
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Moin Shaikh said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@pacey @melissaagnes agree to all, we all shall look for positive points in others! @warrenveach me too sometimes feel this
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Phil Mershon said
1 year, 3 months ago:
I did notice recently that SEOMoz has a thumbs down button related to their posts. I think that works in their context, but not sure it would be helpful on Facebook where the goal is social engagement. Most of us just ignore or “unfriend” those we don’t like or agree with. Not sure it would be a good idea for broad/general use.
My 2 cents…
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Andrea Vahl said
1 year, 3 months ago:
You can also report content or Pages to Facebook. But yes, I agree with @phil-mershon and @melissaagnes that it’s better to look at the positive. On YouTube there is a thumbs down and I always get a little irritated when I get one of those on one of my tutorials!
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Susan Hand said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@Andrea-Vahl, as a follower of yours, I somehow can not imagine you getting a thumbs down on any of your content.
Bottom line, I always think it’s best to take the high road and, as my mother would tell me, say nothing if you have nothing good to say.
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Andrea Vahl said
1 year, 3 months ago:
That’s what I thought, @susanhand LOL Thanks for the thumbs up – and I agree, your mother had good advice
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Moin Shaikh said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@phil-mershon @andrea-vahl @susanhand thanks to all for fueling positiveness here! If we agree to someone we shall shake hands but if we don’t agree then shall not hit a punch, just ignore that person! What say?
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Judith Gotwald said
1 year, 3 months ago:
I think my resistance to Facebook may lie in the fact that I just don’t care if people like me or not! (It’s my mother’s fault.)
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Scott Ayres said
1 year, 3 months ago:
Yeah a Dislike button is a bad idea for Facebook. Especially because of brand pages. The last thing a business wants/needs is 1000 dislikes on a post and 10 Likes. Sure YouTube has it, but it’s a different atmosphere there and people don’t pay attention to the thumbs up or down.
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Robin Carlisle said
1 year, 3 months ago:
Hmmmmmmm… I was about to say I wish there were a dislike button, but then this discussion changed my mind.
(I love this place)!
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