Twitter adds new dislike button but with a catch TwitterTwitter has slowly rolled out a dislike button for some users, with the caveat that the number of downvotes the post has is invisible. Twitter has added many crucial features since its release all the way back in 2006 such as pinned tweets, Twitter highlights, and a native GIF search all in-app. The social media giant is now rolling out a new feature that allows users to downvote tweets they don\u2019t like. Twitter\u2019s new downvote feature On October 12, a select few users on Twitter began noticing a new feature that allows them to downvote replies. The feature came with a disclaimer box that said, \u201cWe\u2019re testing downvoting on replies. This isn\u2019t public for visible to the author \u2013 it will help us understand what people think is valuable to the conversation.\u201d why did twitter think that this was a better idea than editing ur tweets\ud83e\udd26\u2642\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/9Zoi2gxy97 \u2014 Spooky Breaker\ud83c\udf83 (@BreakerFNM) October 12, 2021 For now, it seems that Twitter is only allowing downvotes to be tested on replies and not the original tweets, and keeping the stats away from public view. One user commented about the changes and said, \u201cOh wonderful, we\u2019ll turn into Reddit, where the echo chamber reigns supreme. Twitter is bad about group think too, but this will just make it worse.\u201d \u2026.downvoting? This is Twitter, not Reddit\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/LWvMfZAWtt \u2014 \ud83d\udc99Demon Beast 5FT\ud83d\udc99pinned (@imonly5feet) October 12, 2021 It is unclear if the feature will ever come to non-reply tweets, but the new change certainly has users wondering if Twitter will slowly become Reddit if downvoting becomes a permanent feature. The difference of course being that users won\u2019t be able to see how many downvotes a reply has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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