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Forget ‘dislike’: Here are 5 buttons Facebook really needs

Forget the "Like" or "Dislike" button. Here are some buttons Facebook users really need.
Forget the "Like" or "Dislike" button. Here are some buttons Facebook users really need. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File

After years of waiting, Facebook users may soon finally get a “dislike” button.

“People have asked about the ‘dislike’ button for many years, and probably hundreds of people have asked about this, and today is a special day because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it, and are very close to shipping a test of it,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed Tuesday.

Although Zuckerberg noted that the button wouldn’t be meant as a way for users to “downvote” their friends posts – but rather a way to express empathy towards more somber posts – it’s a big move for users who have long begged the social network for a “like” alternative.

READ MORE: Facebook is finally working on a ‘dislike’ button

But why stop there? Here are five other buttons we think Facebook users might benefit from:

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The “Respectfully Disagree” button

The “Overwhelming Indifference” button

The “Schmuck” button

The “Less-this-more-cats” button

The “Shrug” button

BONUS: The “Meh” button

We think this one might prove quite popular.

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