For any Facebook “junkie”, being able to provide feedback on someone’s wall post, status update, or picture is all part of the fun. It’s been almost a year since Facebook gave its users a ‘Like’ button. Incorporating this function into their site was brilliant—users no longer had to write a comment, instead they could just click the button and move on. It can be assumed that more people began to provide feedback due in part because it was not nearly as time consuming as writing original feedback and there would be no judgment from others who saw it—there was only one choice.

Recently, I ran across a discussion from DigitalBeat.com which asked the question, “Should you be able to abhor Facebook posts?” This article discusses using an outside application (not another one!!) called Threadsy, that enables users to ‘abhor’ someone’s post.

In other words, should you be able to click a ‘Dislike’ button when you are not a fan of what someone posted? Well most Facebook users would tell you that this is already being done. Without an actual button, users provide their feedback by typing “*dislike” instead in the comment box.

Wired Wisconsin has been busy these past few months working on social media themed presentations, no not another “how to” but focused on the importance of both Government and citizens taking greater advantage of social media engagement opportunities. So DigitalBeat.com’s discussion made us wonder, Would having an option to provide both positive and negative feedback to your elected officials make you:

• More likely to engage with them on social media (Facebook fan pages, groups, profiles, etc)?
• Feel better informed?
• Have a greater understanding of what our government does?

Looking forward to some great discussion.