Sympathy or what on FB
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
September 17, 2015 6:10am CST
Facebook may soon have a sympathy button.
It does sound like it will be some kind of sympathy button rather than a dislike button .
Facebook users have been asking for a dislike button for years and finally it looks like it is going to be implemented.
They have thought about a dislike button in the past but thought it might cause to many problems.
They made use the sympathy button to express emojis.
It looks like people want to have the option to sympathize with someone other than the like button.
Adding this new emojis gives users new ways to react with others.
They say it will have the potential to drive more traffic to the site because of this new button.
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22 responses
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Sep 15
@Butchcass4
Okay then to be or not to be maybe they should name a button.
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
17 Sep 15
@Marcyaz I really don't know what to think about it to be honest. To be or not to be that is the question?
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
17 Sep 15
I can not live without my facebook account anymore.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
22 Sep 15
@fufurinha - So if you are asked for a choice, you could skip FB for food?
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
21 Sep 15
@fufurinha - Is it so? Is it as necessary as your food?
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
@gregario888
Who knows if it will be accepted or not until they actually put the button in place and see how much it is used.
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
20 Sep 15
@Marcyaz It is pretty vacillating on their part, they won't like a 'dislike', button, but wouldn't mind us having one to 'sympathize', with some one! Beats sense.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
21 Sep 15
It seems a good idea to include such an option on FB. I've also felt that if someone is sharing a sad incident or news on FB, it is not proper to 'like' the post.
@deafdiva (242)
• United States
17 Sep 15
oh I would rather have a sympathize button than a dislike button!
@LeaPea2417 (40023)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Sep 15
I think it is a great idea to have a sympathy button. Many times I have wanted to show sympathy instead of hitting the "like" button.
@spleendingo1 (799)
• Grand Haven, Michigan
17 Sep 15
I actually recommended a "middle finger" button instead. I mean, why simply just "dislike" something when you can REALLY, REALLY dislike it? 
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Sep 15
I like this, I want to show sympathy sometimes, but feel the like button conveys, well liking of bad situations. And I agree with @susan2015 that dislike button would be a major troll.
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@MrZ0mbiesFanatic (168)
• Shreveport, Louisiana
18 Sep 15
I have been wanting a dislike button on Facebook for years, there are some posts that I just did not like at all. I do think this sympathy button is a good idea though, even though I don't use facebook too often anymore.
@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
17 Sep 15
It's a better idea than the "dislike" button but still... it's just an easy out for people who can't or wont' take time to interact with words, but rather scroll down the page hitting like or whatever. It still separates. It's like having a robot do your socializing for you.
@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
17 Sep 15
I think no matter what Facebook does it has exposed our true colors as a society and nothing can fix that.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
17 Sep 15
I really am not crazy for that site no matter how many buttons they have. I have found so many spying companies on my computer due to facebook tracking..will try to make a discussion about it.
@mkrnex (785)
• Bangalore, India
17 Sep 15
facebook is boring I only visit max 5 minutes a day!!Between I am afraid if like in youtube people start to dislike profile pictures aggressively!!
