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Posted - 2014.08.14 15:31:00 -
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There's a whole social theory behind why a lot of sites don't have downvote or dislike buttons. It's pretty sound too, so this will never happen.
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Soraya Xel
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Posted - 2014.08.14 15:44:00 -
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Basically, it's not in anyone's best interests, certainly not CCP's, to encourage spread of negative emotion over their social space, particularly since they are a business, and probably want people positively discussion their products where possible.
Some quotes for you:
Baldwin, who has worked on many of Facebook's most popular features, spoke candidly when asked about the possibility of a "dislike" button in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" discussion on Tuesday.
Actions on Facebook tend to focus on positive social interactions. Like is the lightest-weight way to express positive sentiment. I don't think adding a light-weight way to express negative sentiment would be that valuable. I know there are times when it'd make sense, like when a friend is having a rough day, or got into a car accident like my sister yesterday (she's okay!). For these times, a nice comment from a friend goes a long way.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/facebook-dislike-button-bob-baldwin_n_3006997.html
According to a paper recently published in PNAS, the social network used software to identify positive and negative words in status updates and to segregate posts into the two categories. Facebook then massaged the subjects' News Feeds to show mostly positive or negative posts. In the end, the company's researchers proved that emotions can be contagious even without direct contact on social networks, and even if you're only reading words on a screen.
By the end of the experiment, those who'd been subjected to positive status updates posted happy ones of their own, and vice versa.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/28/facebook-experiment-emotions/
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