New Like Options are here!

After years of requests for a ‘dislike’ button, Facebook has finally answered…kind of. Back in September 2015, Mark Zukerberg said, in public Q&A session, “We don’t want Facebook to become the type of forum where people are voting up and down on people’s posts…what they (users) really want is to be able to express empathy…not every good moment is a good moment…you want your friends and family to be able to express that they understand and relate to you.”

Watch his full response below:

So, what is rolling out to users everywhere isn’t a ‘dislike’ button or a thumbs down, but rather a selection of emotions that allows you to choose how you feel about a post. This option is available for both personal and business pages, and on desktop and mobile. The roll out appears to be gradual, so not everyone will it see it right away and some may see it on one device and not another. Now, when you see that post about a family tragedy, lost dog or a bad meal at your favorite restaurant, you don’t have to awkwardly ‘Like’ it.

How to use it

On a desktop (or laptop), simply hover over the ‘Like’ button and the options will pop up as you see above. Move the pointer to the one you want and click. If the options don’t appear, you do not have the feature yet.

On mobile, hold the ‘Like’ button down and again the emotion options will pop up and tap the one that you want. Again, if the options do not appear, you don’t have it yet.

If the option does not appear on either device for you, be patient, it will soon.

So, this is Facebook’s response to the years of requests for a ‘dislike’ button. What do you think? Will ‘Love’ become the new ‘Like’? If you ‘Like’ and not ‘Ha Ha’, will your friend think they’re not funny?

Cast your vote in the comments section. Facebook’s New Like feature: Thumbs up or thumbs down?