Facebook working on a dislike button

Facebook is finally going to do it -- it's finally going to make a "Dislike" button.

The format of the button is still unclear, but the company has been working on the concept for a while and expects to roll it out soon.

"We have an idea that we're going to be ready to test soon, and depending on how that does, we'll roll it out more broadly," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during a townhall Q&A at Facebook's headquarters on Tuesday.
He said making something so "simple" is surprisingly complicated, but after years of people asking for the option to "dislike" a Facebook post, the company is finally ready.
Facebook had hesitated to launch a dislike button. But it has come to realize that people want "the ability to express empathy" on posts about unpleasant news.

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