Twitter Rolls Out Global, 'Downvote' Button Test.<br />Engadget reports Twitter will be expanding its "downvote" button trial rollout.<br />After receiving positive feedback from users during its initial "downvote" button experiments in July 2021, the company has announced another trial run for select users.<br />We learned a lot about the <br />types of replies you don't <br />find relevant and we're expanding this test - , Twitter, via statement.<br />... more of you on web and <br />soon iOS and Android will have the option to <br />use reply downvoting. , Twitter, via statement.<br />Twitter officials say the number of downvotes a reply generates will be invisible to the public. .<br />Twitter officials say the number of downvotes a reply generates will be invisible to the public. .<br />According to Engadget, a majority of Twitter users "clicked the down arrow... because the reply was perceived as offensive, or because they perceived it as not relevant, or both.".<br />The social media giant says in the trial, many users utilized downvoting <br />as a way to flag content they <br />no longer wanted to view.<br />Downvotes aren't anything new. Reddit has been using a downvote button <br />since its inception in 2005.<br />Facebook also initiated a trial run of a downvote button in 2018, though it <br />did not become a standard feature.<br />People who have tested downvoting agree it improves the quality of conversations on Twitter. , Twitter, via statement.<br />We're excited to <br />see how others think <br />of it as it becomes <br />available to more of you. , Twitter, via statement
