Twitter Expands its Downvotes Feature Globally

Last Updated on February 7, 2022 by Anu Joy

Twitter has announced this week that it’s expanding its downvotes feature to be tested globally across Android, iOS, and the web, after having tested it on the iOS platform last year. This feature was first tested in June 2021 on iOS and is now going to be available across all platforms to a wider audience. Downvotes will help boost engagement on the platform by giving the twitterati a choice to flag content they think is inappropriate.

Twitter Downvotes To Be Tested Globally

If you have ever hated a tweet or response so much that you wished to have a “dislike” button, you are in for a treat: meet Downvotes. Twitter has come up with a Downvotes feature to allow its users to express their discontentment with objectionable content or, simply put, something they don’t like, in the responses section. Downvotes feature, which was first tested in mid-2021 on iOS, is now expanded globally across Android, iOS, and the web.

Twitter users can use the Downvotes feature in a particular conversation to dislike responses they deem offensive or irrelevant. The number of downvotes isn’t public for users to see, so that should be a relief.

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With the announcement of expanding this feature, Twitter seems to be working on ways to increase engagement on the platform, and Downvotes is another attempt by the platform to achieve just that. The feature was released soon after Fleets was taken down by Twitter. The social media platform shared that users that tested the feature said that they “agree it improves the quality of conversations on Twitter”, so this seems to be working out how the platform intended.

While Twitter adds a downward arrow for the downvotes as a part of the test, the heart button to like tweets stays intact for the platform. What do you think of the Downvotes feature on Twitter? Let us know in the comments section below.