Facebook Adds “Unlike Page” Button to Page Stories
Facebook has made it dramatically easier to Unlike Pages and Open Graph objects. Upon removing a Page’s update or the activity story generated from Liking a Page from your news feed or wall, you are given the option to Unlike that Page.
Last week Facebook gave the option to remove, mute, or blacklist applications when removing their stories, and now a similar functionality is available on Page stories. This puts pressure on Pages to not send spammy, irrelevant, or too many updates.
Sharing a Page currently produces a story on your wall showing a profile picture of that Page without heigh constraints, causing vertically oriented profile pictures to appear very large. Page shares also include the Page’s existing Like count.
Facebook has recently made several changes in hopes of getting users to Like more Pages. It released a Page discovery Browser, began prompting those with few Likes to add more Pages, started showing the Likes users have in common, and made Liking a Page generate a rich feed story. By helping brands and businesses to score unpaid Likes, Facebook positions Pages as valuable marketing tools worth advertising for.
Wielding the Unlike Button
When users click the “x” next to a Page update or activity story about them Liking the Page, users will now see the option to “Unlike Page” on the remove confirmation pop-up. Previously, users had to visit a Page and find the tiny Unlike button at the bottom of the left side bar, or edit their profile to remove a Page or Open Graph Like.
If a user clicks “Unlike Page” on a story about multiple Pages such as “[User Name] Likes San Francisco Giants and 3 other pages”, only the first Page named will be Unliked.
This new easier Unlike flow may significantly increase the rate at which active Pages lose Likes. Page admins will need to extra take care not to exhaust, bore, annoy, or offend their audience.
Tall, Prominent Page Share Stories with Like Counts
When you share a Page to your stream, aversion of its profile picture without height constraint is shown on your wall. This will aid in discovery of Pages with tall profile pictures by making their share stories more prominent. Facebook may fix this soon, though.
All Page Shares now include the Page’s category and existing Like count. For example, sharing baseball team the San Francisco Giants’ Page produces a story which states “Sports Team: 556,437 people like this.” The Like count will give users assurance when they are considering Liking popular Pages, but could dissuade them from Liking new or unpopular Pages.
[Thanks to Eti Suruzon for the tip.]
Update: The Unlike button is also available on feed and activity stories published by Open Graph objects. Now users can Unlike an object from their feed or wall, preventing them from having to leave Facebook to visit and Unlike the URL.
November 1st, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I’m yet to come across this ‘feature’ and use it.
November 2nd, 2010 at 12:08 am
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November 2nd, 2010 at 3:46 am
Brands will have to come up with original content if they don’t want to loose their followers… Nobody likes boring uninteresting things…
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:55 am
This Dislike or Unlike feature had been the desire of many users who were just able to look at the screen and pull their face . Now they can share what they feel truely.
November 2nd, 2010 at 9:32 am
Unlike Option Added to Facebook Page Updates…
Facebook users are given more control over what they see and which pages they change their minds about — Facebook has made it much easier to “unlike” pages at the same time as hiding their updates…….
November 2nd, 2010 at 10:39 am
@Facebook Developer: To be clear, this button allows you to Unlike Pages you’ve already Liked, not show your disapproval for new content or Pages. This is not a “Dislike” button.
November 2nd, 2010 at 5:16 pm
I have been unsuccessful in finding the unlike option on some pages, such as the “who’s viewed your profile” scam. Anyone know how to unlike it?
November 2nd, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Thanks for sharing this – I am not seeing it at the moment here in Ireland – if I look to delete a post from my feed I just get the option to hide the content or mark as spam so I am guess it is still being rolled out globally.
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November 3rd, 2010 at 9:55 am
Y’all should just give up on being able to unlike anybody who’s paying for advertising.
Can we unlike the smaller font? :-)
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November 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
I don’t like the life size posts on my wall at all. It feels intrusive and I think it will deter from sharing links of your and other pages. I won’t share my link on another’s wall knowing it will take up their entire screen. I think this needs to be revisited. warmly, angela
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