Facebook is Testing Dislike button

Facebook is testing a feature that lets users register a negative reaction to comments on the social network platform but it is not the "dislike" button users have long desired to use this button.

Clicking the downvote button hides the comment for the user who taps it, then asks them to say whether the comment was "offensive", "misleading", or "off topic".

"The Facebook company has confirmed the test but added it is only intended to be a method for flagging questionable comments on public posts..

Notably, downvote view counts not being visible to users for now.

A "dislike" button has been on many users' wishlist since the social media giant introduced its "like" button in February 2009, according to CNET. Facebook's "like" button allows users to express their approval for the messages, photos and other content their friends posted.

In 2016, Facebook rolled out the option of choosing from a collection of emojis called "Reactions" to respond to posts or images with more nuanced emotions than "like."

The new symbols represented expressions of love, laughter, surprise, sadness and anger.