Disheartening to see that Facebook is unabashedly aping the cornerstones of various sites (reddit) and apps (Snap).<p>That said, a downvote, or a "dislike" button, is almost always a double-edged sword - although it can be used to tune out hateful comments, it can also turn potentially meaningful comment sections into echo chambers extremely fast.<p>I do <i>not</i> see this turning out well.
What is the purpose? What will downvoting enable aside from downvoting itself?<p>I have a sense it will only worsen the mob mentality on Facebook and make it more like Reddit.
I don't use facebook, what is the purpose of like and dislike?<p>Is like meant to signify I agree with this comment.
And dislike means I disagree with this comment or does dislike mean I think this comment is bad, O/T, abusive.
Or does dislike mean something else.<p>What if you disagreed with the comment, but felt it was a good comment, well argued, well presented and fair etc. would you like it or dislike it?<p>I feel "like" would make it look like you align yourself with the poster, which you may not want but dislike seems wrong too.<p>Maybe overall like / dislike is an indicator of quality of comment, regardless of your personal alignment with the content?<p>I don't get it.
This is good because without a dislike button and karma score you can spew out any old unsubstantiated bullocks and people have to "accept your opinion maaaannn".<p>Say what you will about echo-chambers and stuff associated with comment voting, but IMO reddit/hn are orders of magnitude better than fb.
Surely there's enough proof out there at this point that ranked comments do nothing to improve discussion, and that downvoting is always used as a "I disagree" button?