Rooviewed: The new Facebook “Dislike Button” craze

So currently, since I don’t have a working camera (well, it works, but I have no batteries handy!), I decided I needed to review something that requires no photo.

Facebook!  We all know what it looks like already.  And if you’re anything like me (read: crotchety and resistant to change) you get annoyed every time they add some new “feature” that does nothing more than foist more unwanted, irrelevant information upon your poor, overworked Facebook home page.

With the advent of the new “Live Feed” option, I now get to see every group my friends join.  Holy crap, Facebook, you are making me an inadvertent stalker!  (Okay, admittedly, I think this is kinda cool sometimes – makes it easy to find out about new groups.)  The irksome part is that within the past 3 days I must have seen 10 of my friends join various groups and fan pages on Facebook which are pushing for a “Dislike” button.  And it’s not even the same group repeatedly, there are zillions of these.

Soandso Facebookfriend became a fan of Dislike Button.

Friendly Friendface joined the group WE NEED A DISLIKE BUTTON!!!!

Personyou Barelyknowfromschool joined the group 6.02 x 10²³ STRONG FOR A DISLIKE BUTTON!

And so on.

Now I am ALL for people joining whatever groups they want on Facebook.  I am of the mindset that hey, it’s YOUR Facebook, I don’t care what you do with it, what you post, what groups you join – if it seriously bothered me, I’d just defriend or block you.  No, my problem is not with the joining.  The annoying parts of this dislike button craze lie elsewhere.

1. A crapton of these groups claim that Facebook will add a dislike button if the group reaches some arbitrary number.  But there are over 500 results if you search Facebook groups for “Dislike Button”!  What is with these zillions of groups for the same thing, especially if you’re treating it as a petition, where numbers count?  Coordinate, people!  Do a freakin’ search before creating a new group when there are already OVER 500 groups for the same thing!
2. A dislike button? Really? I don’t know if I can think of a single Facebook addition that would add more drama. Sure, it would come in handy for the posts about being sick (SWINE FLU OH GOD OH NO OH MAN!), but I can see it now:  “Mr. McFriendly is in a relationship with Ms. Awesome.” “Mr. Bitter dislikes this.” Insert drama explosion here.
3. I would probably click it by accident and end up putting that I dislike someone’s puppy pictures or something.   “Noooo, I love puppies, you misunderstand!  It was an accident, I swear!”  “No!  I’ve seen your true colours, you – you – anti-puppite! *defriend*”
4. I might find out that someone dislikes one of my updates! >:O  Then I would have to HUNT THEM DOWN.  And I would write that I dislike them on their face with a Sharpie.  With a little cartoon of a thumbs-down.

In conclusion, I now wish that Facebook had a Dislike button so I could dislike all of those groups.

Oh wait.  No I don’t.

I give the Facebook dislike button craze a 10/100.  The 10 points are only because it gave me an excuse to write my first review!  Minus 90 points for suckitude.

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