It's no dislike button, but we might get dislike reactions on Facebook Messenger

It's no dislike button, but we might get dislike reactions on Facebook Messenger

Besides stopping the spread of fake news, a dislike button is probably the feature Facebook users ask for more than anything.

And despite years of rumours, we've never gotten one. But now, we might finally get a dislike feature.

Caveat: It's only on Facebook Messenger.

According to TechCrunch, Facebook is testing a feature that would let users post reactions to private messages-similar to the way users can hover over the like button to choose a reaction on any public Facebook post.

Facebook Reactions include the "love," "haha," "wow," "sad" and "angry" options.

The version TechCrunch spotted in Messenger includes those, and a thumbs up and thumbs down, or dislike.

Facebook told TechCrunch that the thumbs down was meant as more of a "no" than a dislike, since Messenger is more often used for coordinating plans and answering other questions with a quick yes or no.

"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," Facebook said in a statement to TechCrunch.

Facebook didn't immediately respond to request for comment from Mashable.

Get ready to troll your friends by disliking all their messages!

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