Twitter is testing "dislikes" with a limited range of users
What everyone has been waiting so long for from Facebook, but never waited for, suddenly happened on Twitter. The competing social network with more adequate management behavior than one Mark Z. has so far provided an opportunity for some users to "downvote" other users' replies to their messages.
Twitter starts testing downvoting on replies. Got this option for a few tweets today. pic.twitter.com/ciVXuHAcqu
- Ketan Pratap (@pratapketan) October 19, 2021
This change is not yet widespread and seems to only affect a select few. The ⬇️ button only appears in replies, not in the original tweet. It appears next to the ❤️ button as shown below.
Twitter is working on Downvote button for web after testing it for iOS pic.twitter.com/jd0V8sAsjK
- Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) October 21, 2021
As previously reported, "downvote" someone's response is not public and remains visible only to the authors of the original tweets. Twitter also claims that the button does not change the order or visibility of replies (yet). There has been no official announcement of a mass launch of the feature yet. For now, testing is limited to iOS and Twitter's web version.
Source: xda-developers, newsupdate
Illustration: Brett Jordan
