FACEBOOK OFFICIALLY CONTEMPLATES TO ‘SYMPATHIZE’ ON ITS LOYAL USERS; WHAT’S ALL THIS HYPE REALLY ABOUT?
For all those who are religiously reliant on Facebook and its networking components for the purpose of flaunting, expressing or simply keeping in touch, this week started with a bang – literally! The social media giant announced shortly post the weekend that speculations about introducing a probable ‘sympathize’ button in lieu of the conventional ‘like’ button in due course of feeds that were solemn in nature was in the works, according to one of the site’s engineers.
Within the span of a couple of hours, however, Dan Muriello – another one of Facebook’s leading experts who is involved in the engineering of the website, conclusively stated that the decision of not deploying the option had finally been made as it was just ‘not the right time’.
While this statement did spark a crestfallen vibe amongst many an enthusiastic Facebooker on a somewhat deep level, its overall concept is still amidst much buzz as it is relatively interesting in its core level! Yes, what with the ‘like’ button being more of a de facto standard for the purpose of conveying acknowledgement of uploaded statuses, notes, photos, videos and a host of other multimedia over Facebook, ‘sympathize’ was focused on being correlated to feeds that would have been sorrow-inducing in nature.
As ‘liking’ a status that mentioned the death of a pet or the permanent migration of a dear one seemed considerably awkward for most users, ‘sympathize’ finally bore prime emphasis on the purpose of breaking that cycle of elusive strangeness. Proposed at the Hackathon (a corporate event where Facebook’s leading engineers come together to discuss any potential ideas for the trademark), it now makes one wonder as to whether this particular conception is due to attain a place for itself within the feeds of each and every user in the website, or is just another radically innovative idea that is bound to be rendered obsolete, such as the previously controversial ‘dislike’ proposition.
Nonetheless, it so seems that ‘sympathize’ isn’t prospected to be inaugurated over Facebook anytime soon but it doesn’t harm to think of a few logical reasons as to exactly why this button is indispensable, needless to say! While each individual may have his or her own opinionated reviews regarding this matter, here are two flagship justifications that are assured to deem relevant to all Facebook connoisseurs, regardless of age, gender or ethnicity; feel free to take a read!
Nonetheless, it so seems that ‘sympathize’ isn’t prospected to be inaugurated over Facebook anytime soon but it doesn’t harm to think of a few logical reasons as to exactly why this button is indispensable, needless to say! While each individual may have his or her own opinionated reviews regarding this matter, here are two flagship justifications that are assured to deem relevant to all Facebook connoisseurs, regardless of age, gender or ethnicity; feel free to take a read!
‘Sympathize’ feels like just the right solution to break that all-dreaded barrier of awkwardness!
In exemplification, just imagine that your best friend posted a status about the fact that her mother’s second death anniversary is on the following day; practically, would you ‘like’ the fact that she feels overwhelmed about her mother’s demise, or would you instead prefer to ‘sympathize’ about it?
After a deep, second thought on this suggestive command and henceforth on a deeply precise note, the integration of this ‘sympathize’ feature is indeed an extremely appropriate option in due course of feeds that feature the blues, now isn’t it?
The incorporation of a ‘sympathize’ button is just another means of Facebook drawing in hefty profit margins, anyway!
While this additional command option presents a myriad of advantages to the average user of the social network such as you and I, let’s take a moment to ponder over the perks that this commercial enterprise could potentially gain as a result.
First things first, Facebook Inc. itself would’ve faced an expansion of its overall portfolio with the implementation of an all-new feature in its arsenal (remember the ‘timeline’ which was officially introduced about 2 years previously?). What with the website’s already world-renowned repertoire, this implementation would have been an assured hit with the public, thereby making regular turnovers and stock prices soar up all the more!
Although the exact motive of Facebook’s engineers declining the birth of this trend still a notion that is fairly unclear despite Dan Muriello quoting that it just wasn’t relevant as of late, it’s pretty obvious about the fact that a reason for not deploying ‘sympathize’ surely couldn’t have been as morally sensitive as that of its ‘dislike’ counterpart (according to the executive personnel at Facebook, the addition of this button may have led to a plummeted ratio of positivity and pleasantness of the content that circulated within the domain).
In conclusion, whatever the real reason is, let’s hope that it’s disclosed soon – even if the cause i.e. the ‘sympathize’ button itself isn’t!