The like button is a social networking feature, allowing
users to express their appreciation of content such as status updates,
comments, photos, and advertisements. It is also asocial plug-in of the
Facebook Platform - launched on April 21, 2010 - that enables participating
Internet websites to display a similar like button. Following the termination
by the sheriff of Hampton, Virginia, US of employees who liked the Facebook
page of an adversary, a federal appeals court in Virginia handed down a
decision that the US Constitution protects the rights of us citizens to like
any Facebook page of their choosing. US Circuit Judge William Traxler likened
the practice to displaying a "political sign in one's front yard. ”
Following a lengthy period of calls from the public to include a dislike button
on the Facebook interface, Zuckerberg explained in a Q&A session on
December 11, 2014, that his reticence was due to a concern about a tone of
negativity on the platform-whereby users could "shame" others-and he
offered the comment option for situations where people were unwilling to use
the like function. However, he said, "We're [Facebook] thinking about it
[dislike button]... It's an interesting question, " and said that he likes
the idea of Facebook users being able to express a greater variety of emotions.
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