When Mark Zuckerberg was asked if Facebook was considering a dislike function, the answer was that the company is "thinking about it."

BBC reported that when the tech giant's CEO was speaking at a Q&A session in California, he told the audience it was one of the most requested features from users.

But despite the plethora of reports that there may be a dislike button, Yahoo Tech reported that Zuckerberg went on to say that a dislike button may not be the best idea.

"Some people have asked for a dislike button because they want to be able to say, 'That thing isn't good,'" he said. "And that's not something that we think is good for the world. So we're not going to build that. I don't think there needs to be a voting mechanism on Facebook about whether posts are good or bad. I don't think that's socially very valuable or good for the community to help people share the important moments in their lives."

Zuckerberg also said, "A lot of times people share things on Facebook that are sad moments in their lives. Often people tell us that they don't feel comfortable pressing 'like' because 'like' isn't the appropriate sentiment. The thing that I think is very valuable is that there are more sentiments that people want to express."

So while the answer to whether or not a dislike button is in the works appears to be "no." Zuckerberg said there are other options at play, but nothing is coming anytime soon.

The company has thought about what could be a right way to express a broader range of emotions, especially to empathize or express surprise or laughter, he said.

But they are far from determining an option that encourages positive reinforcement, Zuckerberg said. "We don't have anything that's coming soon."