Facebook Dislike button for the first time in Messenger app

It’s Facebook’s most-requested feature – but one that the company has repeatedly said it won’t do.

At present, the new thumbs down button not in the main Facebook app, but in Messenger, in a test with a small group of users, TechCrunch reports.

It’s part of a test of a range of emoji icons, called Messenger Reactions – including classic happy faces, crying faces and LOL emoji.

Facebook says it hopes that people might use the icon as a quick way to say, ‘No’ – rather than using it like everyone really WANTS to use a Dislike button, by covering annoying posts in hundreds of Dislikes.

Facebook says, ‘We’re always testing ways to make Messenger more fun and engaging. This is a small test where we enable people to share an emoji that best represents their feelings on a message.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/06/facebook-tests-dislike-button-for-the-first-time-in-messenger-app-6491156/