Global microblogging platform Twitter has finally launched a ‘dislike’ option on the app which will allow users to show their negative reactions on tweets.
Twitter revealed that iOS users will now see new up-vote and down-vote options below a tweet.
News of the test began circulating Wednesday, July 21, after some users received messages from Twitter stating that they could now dislike, or "down-vote,” tweet replies.
The Twitter support account provided more details on the test run, saying only select iOS users will see the option for ‘up-votes’ and ‘down-votes,’ the former of which will be displayed as ‘likes’.
"Some of you on iOS may see different options to up or down vote on replies,” the tweet read.
"We’re testing this to understand the types of replies you find relevant in a convo, so we can work on ways to show more of them. Your downvotes aren’t public, while your upvotes will be shown as likes” Reads a tweet by Twitter Support account.
According to Twitter, the goal of this new test is to understand the types of replies you find relevant in a conversation.
In November 2020, Twitter’s product lead Keyvon Beykapour confirmed in a tweet that the implementation of a dislike button was something the company was exploring.
According to The Complex, Twitter has not indicated how many iOS users are involved in the test or whether the team intends to expand the option in the future.
The bird app has been evolving slowly since its creation. Recently it has made a feature that allows users to limit comments by setting who can reply.
It has also created a story section on the top of the app that allows people to post their daily life on this platform. Early this month twitter allowed users to create a tweet only for close friends like the one on Instagram, The Verge wrote in an article.
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".
Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them.