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Facebook's 'like' button - which enables the social network's 1.5bn monthly users to approve a post - has become one of its signature features
Facebook's 1.5bn users will soon be able to vent their anger in a new way after the social network revealed it is working on a "dislike" button.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the move at a public Q&A session at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
“People have asked about the dislike button for many years,” the 31-year-old billionaire said. “We’ve finally heard you and we’re working on this and we will deliver something that meets the needs of the larger community.
"We're working on it and are very close to shipping a test of it. We didn't want to just build a dislike button because we don't want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people's posts. That doesn't seem like the kind of community we want to create."
"People aren't looking for the ability to downvote people's posts, what they really want is to be able to express empathy.
"Not every moment is a good moment and if you're sharing something sad... then it may not feel comfortable to like that post, but your friends and people want to express that they understand and that they relate to you, so I think it's important to give people more options than 'like' as a quick way to emote and share what they're feeling on a post.
"We have an idea that we think we'll be ready to test soon and depending on how that does we'll be ready to roll it out more broadly."
Facebook's "like" button - which enables its 1.49bn monthly active users to approve a post by someone else - has become one of the website's signature features.
According to Facebook's own figures, 4.5bn "likes" are generated every day, with pop star Shakira the most "liked" person on the site, according to PageData.
A "dislike" button has long been rumoured, with Mr Zuckerberg telling a previous Q&A session in December that the company was considering installing such a feature.
Facebook is expanding its features, such as video, as it seeks to solidify its position as the world's most popular social network.
Source:Telegraph.co.uk
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Facebook's 'like' button - which enables the social network's 1.5bn monthly users to approve a post - has become one of its signature features
Facebook's 1.5bn users will soon be able to vent their anger in a new way after the social network revealed it is working on a "dislike" button.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the move at a public Q&A session at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
“People have asked about the dislike button for many years,” the 31-year-old billionaire said. “We’ve finally heard you and we’re working on this and we will deliver something that meets the needs of the larger community.
"We're working on it and are very close to shipping a test of it. We didn't want to just build a dislike button because we don't want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people's posts. That doesn't seem like the kind of community we want to create."
"People aren't looking for the ability to downvote people's posts, what they really want is to be able to express empathy.
"Not every moment is a good moment and if you're sharing something sad... then it may not feel comfortable to like that post, but your friends and people want to express that they understand and that they relate to you, so I think it's important to give people more options than 'like' as a quick way to emote and share what they're feeling on a post.
"We have an idea that we think we'll be ready to test soon and depending on how that does we'll be ready to roll it out more broadly."
Facebook's "like" button - which enables its 1.49bn monthly active users to approve a post by someone else - has become one of the website's signature features.
According to Facebook's own figures, 4.5bn "likes" are generated every day, with pop star Shakira the most "liked" person on the site, according to PageData.
A "dislike" button has long been rumoured, with Mr Zuckerberg telling a previous Q&A session in December that the company was considering installing such a feature.
Facebook is expanding its features, such as video, as it seeks to solidify its position as the world's most popular social network.
Source:Telegraph.co.uk
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The Minister of Mines, Industries and Technological Development, Emmanuel Bonde has held a press conference to update the population on the latest development concerning the Lom Pangar Dam project. The Minister was targeting specifically mining corporations and inhabitants around the Lom Pangar Dam project site which has been identified as a risk zone.
As the partial filling of the Lom Pangar Hydroelectric Dam begins on Tuesday 15th September 2015, the Minister cautions all entities and individuals still operating within the area to leave before the exercise begins. During the meeting with pressmen, the Minister mentioned that the filling process would increase water levels to about three billion m2. He further explained that due to the fear of an overflow and subsequent submergence of the neighbouring environment, officials of the Electricity Development Company (EDC) have called on occupants of the area to evacuate.
The mining operators however are resilient, arguing that they have full authorisation to operate in the area which is richly endowed with gold. The Minister’s warning includes inhabitants of Betare Oya, Belabo and Ngoura who have also been advised to move to a new site to avoid the risk of being submerged by the waters during the filling exercise.
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An inter-ministerial steering committee chaired by the Minister of Urban Development and Housing, Jean Claude Mbwentchou has visited the construction site of the Yaounde-Nsimalen highway to assess the evolution work. During the visit on 10th September 2015, the Minister Urban Development and Housing and that of Public Works, Patrice Amba Salla deplored the slow evolution of work.
They realised that the work which started in July 2014 and scheduled to end in 2019, has not reached up to 20 per cent of completion. The head of the control mission argued that the swampy nature of the area has delayed the works.
He explained that due to the position of the embankment, they will need to do some extra work for two months before continuing with the initial construction work. A technician at the site mentioned that another problem was the construction of the Mefou bridge which he said may be moved to another area. After the visit, the steering committee also visited a construction site in Toutouli, a village in the Yaounde IV Council.
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Facebook has nearly 20 million users in major African markets Nigeria and Kenya, statistics released by the social network showed on Thursday, with the majority using mobile devices to access their profiles. Facebook opened its first African office in Johannesburg in June as the continent's growing population and relatively low levels of internet access present a large untapped market for the social network to earn advertising revenue.
The numbers, the first Facebook has published for Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and Kenya, East Africa's most developed, show the two nations as important entry points on a continent of nearly one billion people. Nigeria had 15 million monthly active users as of June 30 this year, all of them using mobiles to like, share and upload content on the social network. In Kenya, 95 percent of the 4.5 million monthly active users did so via mobiles. "Mobile is not a trend; it’s the fastest adoption of disruptive technology in history of communication," said Nunu Ntshingila, Facebook's head of Africa, in a statement.
South Africa has 12 million monthly active Facebook users, the data showed, and Facebook says with its strong advertising partnerships in Africa it would use the new office in Johannesburg to expand its business across the continent. Facebook said its active user population in Africa grew 20 percent to 120 million in June from 100 million in September last year. A large portion of these users were in North Africa.
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The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has granted audience to a delegation from the Chinese consortium, Anhui Construction Engineering Group Co. Ltd. The team led by the Deputy General Manager of the Company, Ke Shun Xu was at the National Assembly on the 8th of September 2015 to discuss the progress of construction works on some major structures linked to the Assembly.
Rehabilitation work at the Yaounde Conference Centre and the Hotel des Deputes was top on the agenda for discussion. The rehabilitation work at the Yaounde Conference Centre which started in August 2015 is being financed with the sum of ten billion CFAF, donated by China. As concerns the Hotel des Deputes, renovation works will centre on its walls as well as other sections of the building. Facing the press, Ke Shun Xu indicated that he also discussed plans to refurbish the National Assembly in future.
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