# How can I add "dislike" button?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-dislike-button/51648
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [2016 年10 月 17 日 17:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-dislike-button/51648 "2016-10-17T17:31:47Z")
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### 作者： ![Remah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/remah/32/70590_2.png) [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)
#### 发布日期： [2017 年5 月 11 日 02:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-dislike-button/51648/11 "2017-05-11T02:29:58Z")

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I’m surprised that nobody has pointed you to discussions about why dislike buttons are a disliked idea and why they will never be part of core Discourse. Maybe you’ll decide likewise given more information.

> [@sam](#):
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> Supporting various vote types is something that is in core, exposing downvote functionality is not something that will be a core site setting.

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> [@Like, dislike or ambivalent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-dislike-or-ambivalent/59969):
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> As a topic reader I would like a way to quickly (1 click) express a positive, ambivalent or negative response to a post. As a topic writer I would like a way to gauge how I’m doing in the community via a simple set of ‘metrics’. Both needs are partially served by the Like feature but there is no way that I can see to quickly capture the other two responses. Perhaps something like a thumbs-down or thumbs-sideways to go along with the Like? I know there might be a risk of community negativity w…

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