Twitter may be saying goodbye to the "like" button.

The social network has been looking at getting rid of the heart-shaped button as a way to improve debate on the platform, Twitter chief executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey said.

A company co-founder, Dorsey last week said at a Twitter event that the network would be getting rid of the "like" button "soon", according to the British daily The Telegraph.

Twitter did not offer a definitive statement on Monday on the future of the feature, which replaced the star-shaped "favourite" button three years ago.