Facebook is now proposing a ‘sympathise’ button as an alternative to the ‘like’ for certain posts. While the new addition is yet to be made available, youngsters in the city are wary of the ‘sympathise’ button.
“I think Facebook is going overboard now. It’s completely ridiculous,” remarks Hannan Saleem, a student at Osmania University.
Techie Aditya Patwardhan, agrees, “A sympathise button will just encourage people to blurt out anything and everything. I don’t expect teenagers to understand, but at least Facebook should have the sense to not promote emotional outbursts on a social forum.”
“A sympathise button can’t replace a hug, and those who are concerned should call you up instead of commenting or clicking on a button,” adds Hannan.
Nift student Sheetall Nahata believes that most youngsters may not even take it seriously. “We have the habit of leaving sarcastic comments on personal posts. It’s funny because sometimes, people don’t even realise what the comment meant.”
But she adds that the button would be selectively useful: “If someone posts bad news, it would be insensitive to like the post, so the sympathise button would actually work.”
