This year, Twitter added a downvote button to reply comments and it’s been rolled out to users over the past few months. Have you used it or noticed it?
This is Twitter’s way of knowing who is a repeat offender with repeatedly downvoted comments. The button is not on POSTS, it’s on replies in the comments, so you can hit the “downvote” button on comments that or offensive that you don’t like.
Twitter says the votes are not public, so you can’t see who downvoted. “We learned a lot about the types of replies you don’t find relevant,” said Twitter. “Downvotes aren’t public, but they’ll help inform us of the content people want to see.”
Here’s what they look like on a Wawa Tweet that asked users to replace one word in a movie title with the word “Hoagie” (LOL answers are funny). The downvote button is circled:
So, in case you see that little down arrow – now you know how to use it!