Facebook to roll out a ‘dislike’ button … what’s not to like?

Mark Zuckerberg recognises that 'not every moment is a good moment'. The new function will offer a refreshing antidote to the social network's relentless optimism

Some excellent news for lovers of negativity: Facebook will soon be rolling out a "dislike" button. People have long pointed out that it doesn't feel right to "like" posts about natural disasters or announcements of illness and death. So only those posts featuring kittens, heartwarming news stories, and inspirational greeting-card slogans formatted as pictures for no reason generate a lot of "likes" and, in turn, are shown to others. The infantilising tyranny of "like" skews Facebook content towards the moronically optimistic.

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