@Gargron I understand why they think it might work -- it's not that far removed from upvotes/downvotes, innit -- but in practice, it's hard not to think, is this just a new way for people to get harassed.

@Gargron definitely needed to help filter out nonsense replies

@Gargron a data leak waiting to happen?

I think that modern IT companies are bad. At this point they just can't declare that their product is done, leave it alone and move on to something new. There's always this churn and unnecessary change because all these people they employ need to be doing something to justify being paid.

@Gargron

The hidden dislike option may be an idea for gauging user reactions towards a particular idea or post.

But the problem is that dislikes don't mean anything unless they are accompanied by verbal feedback, which, if the person wants to give, can always do so using the reply option! This would be constructive for the person who made the post!

There may not be any use from the reactions (dislike) per se! 😊

@Gargron Twittwho?

@Gargron I think it means twitter wants more data to feed the algorithm which is already messing up the experience for users that are not huge celebrities.
Wish I could drag more ppl over here.

@Gargron It needlessly adds a layer of maladaptive discontent similar to Reddit, even if not overt. Boost/Fav does the maximum level of interaction that healthy communities already employ IRL as in "I like this and I'll share it with folks who know me". Blocking/Muting already does most of what dislikes intend as a whole

@Gargron I think I'll just stick to Reddit, thanks

@Gargron That's a shitty move, obviously.

@Gargron

It's pointless unless you have an algorithmic feed looking at those downvotes and using them to decide what to show to the user.

I don't want an algorithmic feed though, I want a programmable feed.

I'm not against downvotes that are shown to the user, but downvotes which are only shown to the robots are useless to me since I to avoid the robots manipulating my feeds.

@Gargron It's awful. Twitter doesn't need to become Reddit (with its downvotes), and I wish we'd stop trying to make every social media site identical to every other one. What ever happened to distinctiveness as a draw for the user?

@Gargron it’s interesting. I have a zombie Twitter account that never posts and you can really see the algorithm struggle to try to capture my eyeballs, every email I get has like 1 post from an account I follow and 4 that drive outrage. Giving people a button to express their disdain seems like a good way to optimize outrage generation.

@Gargron Just another useless tool for the hate mobs to abuse.

@Gargron RSS must rise

I believe a number of people responding have missed the "on replies" part... and maybe also the "hidden" part...

@Gargron hilarious that I come here & get news about Twitter

@Gargron it makes opinionated topics even more opinionated, and it enables toxic people to run wild.

Regardless of that, the "ratiod" dynamic already works like a mechanism of disapproval, IMO it's good enough.

@Gargron That's dumb.

@Gargron I dunno. I don't see a point to doing it period

@Gargron the bird site is good for OSINT, some *NIX and CLI accounts and positive distraction. for the rest it is a platform that builds a profile on you to sell

@Gargron I think same Lili

@Gargron I don't know. It's hidden, but I'm not really seeing the need for one. Folks on Twitter have never been shy about letting others know when they dislike something. I guess, that would be easier than commenting. It's wait and see with an expectation that Twitter will badly implement this new feature.

@Gargron not cool at all

@Gargron I only know that twitter sucks!

@Gargron I’m more interested in the ability to restrict who can reply to a post. Options like:
- Anyone
- People I Follow
- Just Me
… would be good both for cutting down on harassment and also letting me post an entire thread and then only allow replies at the bottom.

@Gargron I'd much rather see a hidden like function so I don't encourage flame wars when I like something that is distasteful to half of my followers but not the other half.