On Instagram you could soon see a button with a thumb down. (Image source: Vegefox.com, Adobe Stock)
Some users report a dislike button in their Instagram app. Dislikes have been a hotly discussed topic on social media for a long time. And now Instagram's CEO spoke up.
Instagram confirms: The function is currently being tested
After it was only reported by users at first, it is now official: Instagrams CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed on Threadsthat a dislike button is currently being tested on Instagram. This means that a small group of users can see the new function, but not all.
The button looks like the Downvote button from YouTube: it shows a small one Thumbs down
-Icon.
In addition to comments under feeds and reels, some random users see a thumb down from Instagram. (Image source: @clb.grn, threads, divided via Digitalinformationworld)
The dislikes can For comments under Reels and Feeds be given. According to Mosseri, you are private.
This means that there is neither a public downvote counter, nor can the author of a comment see that you gave him a thumb down.
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Mosseri clearly emphasizes that nobody can really see whether and when you click on the button. One can assume that the CEO wants to anticipate rumors that were recently around WhatsApp again: a Spanish newspaper claimed that WhatsApp introduced a third hook with which your chat partner should see whether you have made a screenshot of messages.
Dislikes in the fight against hate
The button should give you a private way to signal that you Don't feel good because of a comment
. So far, there is only the possibility of reporting a comment on Instagram.
The idea is To move comments down with many dislikes. This is how it works with Reddit. However, the dislikes can be seen by everyone there.
The hope for Instagram is thereby The comments friendly
close. This is interesting because Youtube has partially removed the Dislike button in 2021-to proceed against bullying. On YouTube, the dislikes can only be seen for the creators.
Mosseri also emphasizes that this is a test. It is unclear whether the dislike button is introduced for the broad user.
What do you think about it? Do you see the dislike button in your app? And do you lack such a button on Instagram? Write us your experiences and opinion in the comments!
