TikTok is giving customers a thumbs down.

In a Wednesday announcement, the corporate revealed it’s testing out a new characteristic which is able to let customers “dislike” feedback they deem “irrelevant or inappropriate.” TikTok says it’s including the characteristic to let its customers “feel more in control over comments.” Unlike dislike or downvoting options on platforms like Reddit, the place everybody can see the icon, TikTok says its model will solely be seen to the person who forged the detest. TikTok believes limiting the detest’s visibility will assist keep away from creating “ill-feeling” between customers.

“This community feedback will add to the range of factors we already use to help keep the comment section consistently relevant and a place for genuine engagement,” the corporate mentioned.

Some TikTok customers took to Twitter to publish screenshots of the dislike button. As of now, the icon seems as a big thumbs-down emoji to the suitable of the center icon. Unlike the center, there are not any numbers accompanying the thumb. In a statement despatched to TechCrunch, TikTok mentioned the characteristic was present process testing in particular areas however notably wasn’t being examined within the U.S.

If the detest button turns into a everlasting TikTok staple, it’s going to mark simply the newest in a string of fairly basic overhauls to TikTok’s product design. Back in February, TikTok boosted the utmost size of its movies to 10 minutes, up from its earlier restrict of three. Seven extra minutes of content material won’t appear to be an enormous leap, but it surely’s value preserving in thoughts that TikTok’s most video size was capped at simply 15 seconds when the app first launched in 2016. Competitors like Instagram and Facebook, in the meantime are heading the opposite direction, opting to emphasise shorter-length movies.

TikTok’s new method to dislikes comes round six months after YouTube introduced it could cover video dislike depend on its platform. At the time, YouTube mentioned its inner testing had proven eradicating dislikes lowered the frequency of dislike assaults and will doubtlessly assist dissuade undesirable harassment on the platform. Not everybody was thrilled with YouTube’s selection although. A bunch of builders even went so far as to create an open-source browser extension, known as “Return YouTube Dislike,” that pulls dislike knowledge from YouTube’s API for customers to see.