A screenshot from Twitter Support shows a downvote for a snarky reply to a person's question about New York City dining. People with access to the downvote button can use it on any tweet.

We clicked the "like" button on several tweets ourselves and saw that it did not change into an "X." Moreover, we found no official statements from Twitter, nor any reputable sources ...

Twitter's new downvote button isn't available for everyone. Here's where to check if you have access and how the platform recommends using it.

Twitter didn't say how many people had access to the test but said that it's a "global audience." The feature could eventually affect what tweets get shown in which order on the site and its app ...

When I try to use the 'Reply, quoting this message button' in the lower-right corner of a comment under an article the page jumps upwards just enough to dodge my click. I'm usually in Edge, but I ...

Twitter barred anyone from interacting with some tweets from President Trump on Saturday, disabling the like, reply and retweet features before later reactivating them. “We try to prevent a ...

In Twitter's case, the downvote button doesn't seem to do much and has minimal impact on the visibility of a tweet. In fact, this button doesn't even activate for direct posts or original tweets.

X's downvoting button: X, under the leadership of Elon Musk, is already moving forward in plans to introduce a new downvoting feature that will aim at refining how responses are ranked on its ...

Those buttons include the "reply" button, the classic "retweet" button, which was renamed to "repost" after Twitter's name was changed to X, as well as the heart-shaped "like" button.

Twitter originally launched the feature in July 2021, having teased something similar for years before that. The downvote button comes with several limitations. First, it's only available on ...

Twitter has today unveiled its brand new user interface for mobile devices and desktop. The subtle update comes after the company refreshed its brand and mission statement back in July 2016. So ...

Twitter says early tests showed the reason most users clicked the down arrow was because the reply was perceived as offensive, or because they perceived it as not relevant, or both.