The dystopia of Dislike: Why Facebook will never use the D-word

You could almost hear the heavy sigh from Mark Zuckerberg's PR handlers Tuesday. The Facebook founder has never been the most clear or confident public speaker, and not only was his answer to a question from the public about a possible Dislike button peppered with his usual "um"s and "you know"s, it was also internally contradictory and confusing

On the one hand, Zuckerberg said this: "Today is a special day because today’s the day where I actually get to say that we’re working on it and we’re very close to shipping a test of it," where "it" was clearly referring to a Dislike button. (You can watch the video here.) Read more...