Dislike Button Comes to Facebook

There is no debate that there are over 2.5 million users that support the addition of a “dislike” button to the Facebook feed. Unfortunately for those users, it’s highly unlikely that Facebook will ever add such a button, however that’s not stopping developers from coming up with creative solutions. One developer has created a Firefox plugin which lets users dislike feed stories.

While the dislike actions are only visible to those users who also have the plugin installed, my guess is that there are a lot of users who would like to click on a “dislike” link. Even if nobody else sees that you disliked a feed story, it can be cathartic to just click on the link. So far the plugin has only been downloaded just over 45,000 times, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see this number jump over the coming weeks and months, as the news about the plugin spreads.

Just this morning there were at least two new pages requesting the addition of a “Dislike Button” (dislike button page and dislike button petition page) each of which have over 1 million fans. While it’s clear that a vocal minority of Facebook users would like a dislike button, the best solution for these users is to download the “Facebook Dislike” Firefox plugin.

While the news feed was adjusted after millions of users protested it’s launch, I have not seen any product changes as a result of users organizing on the site since then. That’s not stopping millions of users from joining Pages and groups which request new features though! Do you think a dislike button would be a valuable addition to Facebook or not?

You can view the developer's profile here on Geeks.

Via AllofFacebook
- daveyy.

Tags: addon, dislike, facebook, feature, firefox, plugin

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Moquet on November 7, 2009 at 11:31am: Yes. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David King on November 7, 2009 at 11:54am: I thought so, sent you a message :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by zach on November 7, 2009 at 11:05am: Yea I really wish facebook just added the button, there have been so many times where I have just wanted to dislike something..; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David King on November 7, 2009 at 11:07am: precisely, you've got Thomas to thank for creating this sweet addon for now.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by eman samir on November 7, 2009 at 12:07pm: hey, how are you all? i hope you all are fine .
actualy i'm amember in this group i've joined it just yesterday without thinking> as soon as i saw that group i didn't hesitate to join it as from my beginning with face book i was seeing the like button & i was wondering what if i don'n like that post or something like that ,but after i joined the group i said to my self what's up emy, everyone is free to do what he wants ; if you seriously don't like the post or....,so don't read it again or don't listen to it again ,but if every one is free to do what he wants I'm free too to like or dislike (specially if there is something bad in the post not only for like or not )as in my opinion freedom stops on the door of others' freedom .and i told my self you can click on the "report " button ,but i found that reporting someone is bad & dislike button is fair enough to show that you dislike.But the question will it work?!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David King on November 7, 2009 at 12:13pm: That was difficult to understand, but from what I could gather you think that people should have the freedom to express their opinion whatever it may be?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Johannes S. on November 7, 2009 at 12:16pm: I actually couldn't care less as I rarely ever use facebook. The only reason I created an account there was to connect my site with facebook, and logging in to different sites via facebook is also a good thing. But that's it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David King on November 7, 2009 at 12:17pm: That's fair enough, I personally stand on the fence, but clearly there are a large amount of users who are urging for this feature to be implemented..; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Manuj Darshan on November 7, 2009 at 1:48pm: Could have been hmm.. or so so.... otherwise this is gonna take a big chunk out of facebook; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Newton on November 7, 2009 at 5:09pm: Perhaps Facebook feels it is best to take a "If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all" approach to this. I don't feel that disliking something adds any value to the facebook experience. If you don't care just let it pass or if you dislike it then step up and leave a comment. I think if you are going to negatively effect someone elses facebook experience you should at least explain yourself.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David King on November 7, 2009 at 5:12pm: That has been said before now, and the response has been what if the post stimulates a 'dislike' response in a nice way, for example, the status says something like, "..has a cold." Although I do agree with you in what you have said.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Newton on November 20, 2009 at 11:09pm: You make a valid point because I have wondered that myself but I think if you feel bad about someone having a cold then you should say "Sorry about your cold. Hope you feel better." I guess my opinion of the dislike button also reveals my dislike for the like button. If it is important enough to like/dislike then I think it is important enough to comment.; ▶ Reply to This