Twitter, US-based microblogging and social networking
service, says it has begun the testing of “dislike” button for users of the
platform.
In a post on Wednesday, the social media giant said only
users on iOS will see new “upvote” and “downvote” options on tweets during the
trial stages.
According to the company, the initiative is aimed at helping
users understand replies that they considered relevant while conversing with
others.
“Some of you on iOS may see different options to up or down vote on replies. We are testing this to understand the types of replies you find relevant in a convo, so we can work on ways to show more of them. Your downvotes aren’t public, while your upvotes will be shown as likes,” it said.
Some of you on iOS may see different options to up or down vote on replies. We're testing this to understand the types of replies you find relevant in a convo, so we can work on ways to show more of them.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 21, 2021
Your downvotes aren’t public, while your upvotes will be shown as likes. pic.twitter.com/hrBfrKQdcY
According to Cody Elam, a user researcher at Twitter, the
testing phase is to enable the company know if the feature is something users
find valuable.
“We’re testing a few approaches to allow people to upvote
and downvote replies. This gives people the power to privately voice their
opinion on the quality of replies without publicly shaming others while also
giving us more nuanced feedback,” he wrote.
“We’re hoping to
learn more about the quality of replies that people vote on and if voting is a
feature that people find valuable.
“As a researcher, this experiment is a great opportunity to
learn about the ways that we can improve conversation ranking on Twitter. We
look forward to understanding how reply voting can improve conversations on
Twitter!”
The development is the latest in a series of new initiatives introduced by the microblogging company.
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