Emphatic Expression of Empathy

Facebook is thinking of adding “dislike” button to its social network, according the founder Mark Zuckerberg in a Q+A session at Menlo Park California, Facebook headquarters. This is the one way for people to express empathy.

A “dislike” button had been constantly requested by some users since the introduction of the “like” button in 2009.

According to Prof Andrea Forte, from Drexel University in Philadelphia. The dislike button is to express some negative emotions and mild disapproval (like frustration with ads popping up in their feed.