Instagram users may soon dislike comments secretly
- Instagram is testing a new button that allows users to privately dislike comments, as confirmed by Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram.
- The company aims to improve the quality of the comment section through this test, with no visible dislike count for users.
- Comments that receive dislikes may eventually be downranked in visibility, although the details of this integration are not yet clear.
- This feature is currently being tested with a small group of users.
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