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## Video: Zuckerberg: Facebook Won’t Add A Dislike Button

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_Published 2014-12-12. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is working to give users a way to express more sentiment, but the dislike button won’t be the way to do it._


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## Transcript

Not everything is likable and Facebook knows it. The social network has considered adding a dislike button according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his second public Q & A. Well, you know, some people have asked for a dislike button because they want to be able to say that thing isn't good. And that, that's not something that we think is good for the world. So we're, we're not gonna build that. I mean, I don't think that there needs to be a voting mechanism on Facebook. Zuckerberg has a point [ MUSIC ] Given that Facebook reaches nearly one in every five people on the planet, a dedicated dislike button could have a good shot at doubling the internet's negativity overnight.

And remember the last time the thumbs down got really big? [ LAUGH ] Yeah. During the Q and A, Zuckerberg agreed there are more sentiments people want to express than just positivity. But it appears Facebook is still trying to figure out how to best enable that. The company has experimented with different. Packaged reactions. They just haven't always been well received. And there's another, even more cynical reason Facebook could be shying from a dislike button. One writer at Computer World suggests an angry depressive Facebook is less engaging. A dislike button may also inspire people to post less, which can't be good for Facebook's ads, though of course Zuckerberg didn't say that.

You can get the rest of Zuckerberg's thoughts on dislike buttons and on Facebook, in general, on his Q & A Page

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