Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today Facebook is working on a "dislike" button to accompany the "like" button on posts.

Although other social media sites like YouTube already have the feature, it is something that has been conspicuously absent from the Facebook features.

"I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years. Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we're working on it and shipping it," Zuckerberg said during a Q&A at Facebook's headquarters, according to Business Insider. 

The initial skepticism for adding that feature to the platform is that he did not want the social media presence to behave like that of Reddit, where users can to upvote or downvote certain posts or comments, claiming it wasn't what he wanted to build there.

He had said this feature gives users of the platform the ability to express empathy for posts that are not quite happy. Such as when a friend posts someone's passed away. The last thing they want to know is that someone "liked" that message.

Interaction on Facebook is not quite that simple. Users are in cyberspace interacting with their friends, and it is not the same as speaking with someone in person. Users do not have the ability to read their friend's facial expressions or their gestures. They can only read what they write.

"It's surprisingly complicated to make an interaction that will be simple," Zuckerberg said.

That may refer to not having the ability to interact with people the way they intend to, due to the atmosphere being completely in a cyber setting.

The "dislike" option may be able to further that experience, but as the times change, so will the demands of social media.

USA Today reports it was just last December he said he was simply thinking about it. But now, he says they are close to unveiling the feature.