The tide against wokeism continues to change and Meta took yet another step toward freer expression, as Instagram began testing out a new feature that allows users to "dislike" comments.
As reported by the New York Post, reports began to trickle in that the popular photo-sharing social media platform had rolled out the new feature, to mixed results. Snowflakes across the internet raced to express their disapproval of the new disapproval feature:
'You can now downvote/dislike comments on Instagram, whaaatwhy?' one X user wrote alongside a screen grab of her comments section.
'Another feature they are giving that nobody asked for,' snarked one Threads user.
'People are already unhinged. We definitely don't need that feature,' someone else agreed.
'I dislike that feature.. it gonna make people sad or insecure about their post & stuff. Don't like people being mean. They shouldn't have that option at all,' decried another user.
'It will take Cyber Bullying to another level,' lamented one person on Instagram.
'It's like they want to continue to see us argue and hate each other,' an X user wrote, per the Daily Mail.
Others seemed eager to go on disliking tirades as soon as possible:
'BULLYING IS BACK LETS GOOOOO,"'celebrated another.
'I'm trolling everybody!' someone else wrote.
'Why just comments and not posts?' one Threads user wrote.
In reality, the feature is part of Meta exploring ways to help users tailor their Instagram feed to suit their preferences.
It kind of sounds like [cringe] Reddit.
A Meta spokesperson told The Post that the company is 'working on ways to help people better control their Instagram experience and what they're seeing on the app.'
'We're testing a new button next to each comment on a Reel or Feed post for people to privately signal they don't feel good about that particular comment or find it relevant, with a small group of people to start,' the spokesperson said in a statement.
No word yet on whether Facebook's "poke" feature will be brought back to prominence.
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