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X set to roll out a downvote button for replies
Prior to Elon Musk's acquisition of the platform, Twitter explored both upvoting and downvoting buttons, mirroring the functionality it saw on Reddit.
The discovery of these code references came from reverse engineer Aaron Perris, known as@aaronp613 on X, who frequently uncovers upcoming app features ahead of their official release. According to Jay Baxter, a senior staff machine learning engineer at X involved with Community Notes, incorporating a negative signal could prove beneficial. Another discovery by Perris within X suggests a redesigned user interface that defaults to hiding engagement buttons like 'Like' and 'Repost' favouring a new gesture-based menu for accessing these actions and others.
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