Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.Instagram is currently testing a dislike button for comments, following in the footsteps of YouTube’s controversial decision to remove public dislike counts in 2021. However, this removal negatively impacted user experience, as viewers lost a quick way to judge a video’s quality based on community feedback. Now, Instagram is exploring a similar feature, though with key differences in implementation. Unlike YouTube’s public-facing dislike count, Instagram’s dislike button for comments will remain entirely hidden from users. Instagram is testing a dislike button for comments Image: KnowTechie According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, users who dislike a comment will not see a count, and only Instagram itself will have access to this data. .stk-da6e073 {box-shadow:0 0 0 2px rgba(120, 120, 120, 0.1) !important;}.stk-da6e073-container{background-color:#f3f3f3 !important;}.stk-da6e073-container:before{background-color:#f3f3f3 !important;} .stk-fff85bd {margin-left:-20px !important;}.stk-fff85bd .stk–svg-wrapper .stk–inner-svg svg:last-child{opacity:0.7 !important;}.stk-fff85bd .stk–svg-wrapper .stk–inner-svg svg:last-child, .stk-fff85bd .stk–svg-wrapper .stk–inner-svg svg:last-child :is(g, path, rect, polygon, ellipse){fill:var(–stk-global-color-56583, #911d9c) !important;} .stk-75422ff {margin-left:-17px !important;}.stk-75422ff .stk-block-text__text{font-size:16px !important;font-weight:300 !important;font-style:normal !important;font-family:”Golos Text”, Sans-serif !important;}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px){.stk-75422ff .stk-block-text__text{font-size:16px !important;}}“Some of you may have seen that we’re testing a new button next to comments on Instagram – this gives people a private way to signal that they don’t feel good about that particular comment, writes Mosseri in a Threads post. “I want to be clear: this is a test, there is no dislike count, nor will…Instagram is testing a hidden dislike button for comments