TikTok testing private dislike button for comments

Chinese short-video app TikTok is testing a private dislike button for comments and the users can flag comments they find 'irrelevant or inappropriate' without the dislike being visible to others.

"We've started testing a way to let individuals identify comments they believe to be irrelevant or inappropriate," the company said in a statement late on Wednesday.

"This community feedback will add to the range of factors we already use to help keep the comment section consistently relevant and a place for genuine engagement," TikTok added.

The dislike button will appear in addition to the option to report a comment for community guideline violations.

TikTok said it removed over 85 million videos between October and December 2021 for violations -- nearly 1 per cent of all videos uploaded on the platform.

The company said the dislike button isn't seen as a way to report comments, and that users should instead use the standard process for reporting comments for harassment, hate speech, bullying, etc.