When Facebook introduced likes and comments back in February, we were stoked, as the new functionality added an extra layer of interaction into our News Feeds.

Of course, not everything that passes through your feed on a daily basis is worthy of a like. If you’re like us, you’ll just skip over it, or better yet, hide updates from a particular individual.

But, there are a growing number of people who actually want to be able to dislike Facebook updates (check out this group for proof). Threadsy to the rescue.

According to VentureBeat, Threadsy, a site that melds together the Facebook, Twitter, and email experience in a web-based application, is reportedly experimenting with a new “abhor” option for Facebook status messages.

From the sound of it, Threadsy users would be able to abhor an item in the feed. That action would then get posted as a comment on Facebook that reads “abhorred (via threadsy),” and includes a link to a Threadsy page saying, “This Facebook status has been abhorred. Someone must’ve thought it was particularly lame.” The abhor button won’t be anonymous, which means you will be accountable for your abhorring behavior.

Although we’ve yet to see it in our Threadsy accounts, we think the private beta startup is making a smart move. They’re creating a functionality that Facebook doesn’t support, but users want. More importantly they’re doing something slightly controversial, which is sure to guarantee them some interesting press (just like this post).

We’re curious, if given the opportunity to abhor a status update on Facebook, would you? Tell us in the comments.

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Tags: abhor, status updates, threadsy

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