Does Facebook Need a “Meh” Button?

if you dont like something, why would you even need to make a comment? sounds like troll baiting. if you dont care what someone you know posts… then dont show their posts

Meh…

Beat me to it. Meh.

no. a meh button is superfluous and stupid.

It would be nice to have a way to tell “friends” in a non-confrontational way: “Please stop posting this stupid, pointless bullsh*t. I like to keep up on the cool things you’re doing and finding online, but I really don’t give a flying f*ck about this lame political re-post or your g-d farmville activities. Seriously, dude. Enough.”

A button to show oneself as responding with a “meh” would defeat the purpose- people who actually would respond with a “meh” would not have enough motivation either way to press a button.

Quit arguing and just have fun.

@scottdaris Re: myself. Whoops, extra punctuation typo. Caught it first, bad grammar vultures.

How about a “Go away and quit wasting my time, I am now dumber for having read what you wrote” button?

I appreciate the Like button: I think it’s tidier to click on it to show your enjoyment of a post than adding some inane, useless comment like “lol” or “Cool!” Obviously anyone with more to say can still comment further, but for most reactions, pushing a button and joining a tally is more than enough.

The “meh” button implies indifference and apathy. Those subtexts have their place, to be sure, but aren’t any substitute for an active dislike.

The main advantage to a “dislike” button that I see is offering solidarity for the bumps in life. “I got locked out of my house again”– “liking” or even “meh-ing” that makes you look like a jerk (assuming your relationship with said friend doesn’t involve lots of teasing).

Surely I am not the only one here who only has people I’m actually interested in (and not their apps) come up in my feed? If you (general you) so often feel the need for a “you’re wasting my time” button, either you need to get off FB or remove the offending party…or do you not care so much you can’t stand to see your friend count go down, even if it would give you less to whine about?