Here’s How the Internet Reacted to Facebook’s Reactions

On mobile, the new reactions show up on holding down the like button.

Feeling outraged, tickled or touched by something you spotted on Facebook? Facebook changed its “like” button to a range of emotions including love, surprise and sadness, “Armenpress” reports citing The Telegraph website. All reactions will be counted as additional likes, meaning Facebook will assume that the user wants to see more similar content, even if the person responded with an “anger” emoticon.

So, do you like the new Facebook emojis, or do they get a sad face from you?

A variety of buttons will open to let users express their opinions on their friends” posts including “love”, “sad” and “angry’. “People wanted to express empathy and make it comfortable to share a wider range of emotions”.

“We have used Facebook to create so many important connections between our brand and millions of our customers”.

“Over time we hope to learn how the different Reactions should be weighted differently by News Feed to do a better job of showing everyone the stories they most want to see”.

“We also looked at how people are already commenting on posts, and the top stickers and emoticons as signals for the types of reactions people are already using to determine which reactions to offer”, he added.

The expanded reactions feature had been tested in several markets and is now rolling out globally, Krug added.

The traditional “Like” button still appears at the bottom of posts, but if the user holds down the button on a smartphone, the five emoji options will be revealed.

Facebook describes Reactions as an extension to the Like button. The “Like” option, which has become synonymous with Facebook, will still be there.

The new “Reactions” are one of the biggest changes to Facebook since its inception 12 years ago – right next to the News Feed and Timeline.