Facebook listened to the cries of many users and is developing a feature similar to a “dislike” button. However, it won’t be aimed to bash obnoxious posters or an ex’s new relationship.
Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Facebook, announced the addition on Tuesday during a live streamed question-and-answer session.
“People have asked about the ‘dislike’ button for many years,” Zuckerberg said according to NBC News. “Today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it.”
However, this button won’t necessarily be a feature to “dislike” content a user disapproves of. Instead, it is intended for “showing empathy for posts that seem inappropriate to “Like,” such as news of natural disasters or loved ones dying,” NBC said.
“Some people have asked for a dislike button because they want to be able to say ‘that thing isn’t good,’ and we’re not going to do that,” Zuckerberg said, according to NBC. “I don’t think that’s socially very valuable, or great for the community.”
TIME challenged the addition by saying, “the 1.5 billion human beings using Facebook experience a variety of emotions besides ‘Like.’”
No release date has been set for the tool.
