Twitter for iOS begins testing dislike button for some users - Wtf I like twitter now: megathread

[Pickle Dick]

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cant wait to see what this entails for the website

 

[Toolbox]

"For some users" implies to me, even though this is a testing phase, that this is something they'll be able to take away on any whim from anyone they want to moderate without getting rid of their account.

 

[Spamton]

oh no .......... that's gonna be bad for self esteem of some smaller artists that aren't pandering sjw sociopaths.

 

[LukeMcGregor]

Downvotes will not be shown publicly, while upvotes will be shown as likes, the company says, implying that the feature is only intended for internal metrics.

According to Twitter, the goal of this new test is to “understand the types of replies you find relevant”

I don't understand the purpose of this. What effect will it actually have? Are they going to remove or reorder tweets based on the amount of dislikes? I doubt it considering how much outrage drives engagement.

 

[419]

I'm sure this is later going to be used to give Twitter reason to ban you if you dislike any posts made by checkmarks, journos, trannies or any combination of the three. Good for you that you "like Twitter now" but I find that not one day passes in which I don't like it less and less than I could even muster up in the first place.

 

[Neil]

The like button might just be the single most destructive thing social media's done to millennials and zoomers. People attach their sense of self worth to that dumb number.

Twitter's worsened that by not having a visible dislike button at all, which is why you get dumbasses dropping "hot takes" and getting massive egos when those stupid ass takes get 5k likes and the only dissent to be found is in the replies, which they can easily go "lmao the [insert group here] are mad! muting this post!" and protect their ego. Part of the reason so many internet people have tender asses towards criticism these days is because they've never had to register that people are able to disagree with them.

Having visible dislikes would be amazing, since egotistical faggots wouldn't be able to block everyone with a dissenting opinion. That would shatter the ego of so many of the uppity cunts that dominate those platforms. It'd be like having humble pie batter rained on their heads, except they wouldn't be able to stop the leak of dissent by mass blocking.

but that's not what we're getting so

I don't understand the purpose of this. What effect will it actually have? Are they going to remove or reorder tweets based on the amount of dislikes? I doubt it considering how much outrage drives engagement.

shadowbans and marketing data

 

[Dissapointed Grandma]

69 likes, nice

 

[No Exit]

Now instead of just blocking people, twitter fags can now boast about downvoting and blocking them. Truly a remarkable addition to the platform.

 

[seri0us]

twitter karma

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

oh no .......... that's gonna be bad for self esteem of some smaller artists that aren't pandering sjw sociopaths.

If a few dislikes hurt your self esteem, you need to touch grass.

 

[Spamton]

If a few dislikes hurt your self esteem, you need to touch grass.

yeah it isn't me but i know there's always those people that let it get to their heads

 

[Tism the Return]

twitter karma

So when's Twitter Gold coming out?

 

[CDWLTY]

Can't wait for bans based on downvoting, like reddit. Pretty funny to find out you got axed because you gave an up arrow to some naughty jokes a few too many times

 

[Obscenity Enthusiast]

If this gets implemented a lot of troons are about to get very butthurt.

And I can't fuckin wait.

 

[Grand Omega]

So when's Twitter Gold coming out?

Gold checkmarks for those vetted users to let you know their opinions are facts, and disagreement with such will result in an autoban for misinformation.

 

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POAST REST API OR GTFO

 

[Realistic]

the whole idea would be ironically retro chic cool if dislikes were visible, it just seems like another disaster in the making if they pushed this on everybody thinking "oh, this'll be a great idea!".

this sounds like it can be used to target anybody and make it so that they don't hold weight in the Twitterverse. In other words, pandora's box in a can of worms.

 

[Existential MD]

Troonocracy stays winning

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