Ammon News - Instagram users don’t “like” this change.

The Meta-owned social media platform appears to be testing a new feature that allows users to “dislike” comments, but the tool has been slammed as promoting bullying and negativity.

On various social media apps, Instagrammers shared screenshots of their comments sections that feature the newly added down arrow.

“You can now downvote/dislike comments on Instagram, whaaatwhy?” one X user wrote alongside a screen grab of her comments section.

“Another feature they are giving that nobody asked for,” snarked one Threads user, seemingly alluding to recent changes made to the app, such as vertical grid posts and seeing which Reels your friends have liked.

“People are already unhinged. We definitely don’t need that feature,” someone else agreed.

“I dislike that feature.. it gonna make people sad or insecure about their post & stuff. Don’t like people being mean. They shouldn’t have that option at all,” decried another user.

“It will take Cyber Bullying to another level,” lamented one person on Instagram.

“It’s like they want to continue to see us argue and hate each other,” an X user wrote, per the Daily Mail.

“Everyone’s already a hater. Why give into more features to enable it?” another person commented.

“Oh lawd. So in addition to getting ppl addicted to likes, let’s further deteriorate their mental health by adding dislikes,” someone else said.

But not everyone was displeased.

“I can finally be a full-time hater,” rejoiced one person on Instagram. NYP