Earlier this yr, it was revealed that Twitter was testing out a means for customers to downvote feedback. However, this check was restricted to iOS gadgets, however now a tweet by researcher Jane Manchun Wong has revealed that Twitter is now testing out the characteristic on the net, so it’s possible you’ll or might not see it out there for you.

We’re unsure if something has modified from the check earlier this yr. Twitter mentioned that using the downvote button is to easily allow them to know what sort of feedback or replies you don’t like, which is why you may need downvoted it.

Twitter is engaged on Downvote button for net after testing it for iOS pic.twitter.com/jd0V8sAsjK

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) October 21, 2021

This is versus different platforms resembling Reddit, the place posts with lots of downvotes will get pushed additional down the remark listing or will get hidden if it has obtained too many downvotes. According to Twitter’s announcement from earlier this yr, they state that downvotes received’t be proven publicly.

This signifies that it received’t have an effect on the order of the feedback and replies, however like we mentioned, we’re unsure if this has modified because the final check. It could be best if Twitter might undertake an identical method to different platforms the place closely downvoted feedback get hidden or pushed down the listing, however we’ll have to attend and see how this performs out as soon as it turns into publicly out there.

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