Five buttons Facebook needs more than the ‘Dislike’ button

Will he or won’t he?

That pretty much sums up what everyone has been thinking when it comes to the ‘dislike’ button on Facebook.

During an event at Facebook’s Menlo Park, California headquarters, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO admitted that people have been demanding for a ‘dislike’ button on the social networking site for a long time, but also added that though there won’t be a ‘dislike button,’ due to the probability of it being misused.
The company is however working on something similar to a dislike button- which would be suited for posts about tragedies or disasters, wherein the ‘
like’ button can be deemed inappropriate.

Though, we at Business Insider agree with Zuckerberg’s view of how the ‘dislike’ button on Facebook could wreak havoc, we still think there’s some scope for a few other buttons that Facebook could do us a favour and introduce?

So, we cracked our heads and came up with a list of five buttons that Facebook really really needs-



1. ‘You could’ve texted that’ button
All of us are guilty of having people on our friend list who use Facebook to communicate the basic things and in the process, forget their mobiles exist.
If you could have texted that, you clearly don’t need to Facebook it! Let’s hope this button will make you realize how stupid the status you dedicated to your roommate asking ‘When are you coming home?’ while your phone lies right next to you, looks on the timeline.

2. ‘You need a diary’ button
Let’s make this simple. Facebook is not the medium meant for sharing every tiny detail that happens in your life. No, we don’t want to know if you’re constipated today or if you’re planning on saving money from tomorrow. The medium appropriate for that is a diary!'

3. ‘Get a room’ button
Couples make up atleast 60% of the population on Facebook. There a few couples who won’t shy away from declaring their love or hate towards their better halves by making fights, kisses and every relationship detail public on Facebook. For them, we have only answer- Get a room.

4. ‘You copied this from Twitter’ button
Who doesn’t want to be funny? Everyone does. However, everyone does not end up being blessed with funny genes. So, they take a shortcut. They’ll copy paste jokes from Twitter and post it as their Facebook status waiting for umpteen likes, comments and instant popularity. But guess what, guys? We know where you stole that from!

5. ‘No. Just no’ button
I’ll keep this short. This button is the need of the hour. If you don’t believe me, think of all the selfies you’ve seen of people in toilets, funerals and the status updates proclaiming things that make no sense. Cannot deal.

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