Do You ‘Like’? New Facebook ‘Reactions’ Feature Rolled Out Globally

Once you have appropriately reacted to a post (on web or mobile), you will see small reaction icons below the buttons that will show you how many people have reacted to the post and how.

Reactions is an extension to the Like button and it gives users more options to share their reactions to a post, easily and quickly.

“If someone uses a Reaction, we will infer they want to see more of that type of post”. It also checked how people were commenting on posts using stickers and emoticons as “types of reactions” to determine what it would offer in Reactions. In order to find it on a desktop all you have to do is to hover over the like button with your mouse.

Six symbols will appear, and you can click on them to react to a post. That helped engineers pick the five reactions that would go into the feature, it said – which notably doesn’t include the much-requested Dislike button, which the Reactions are meant to replace.

Facebook already launched a pilot version of the reaction buttons in Ireland and Spain back in October 2015, which allowed users to select from seven emotions.

Facebook first unveiled the Like button in 2009, a feature that quietly revolutionized how users interacted with the site and added an essential new metric for advertisers.

The new reactions are a result of fans calling for a Dislike button, to express negative emotions. It also looks like Reactions are only applicable to posts and not comments under posts.

Pitchforks at the ready, folks – Facebook’s made a change to its service today that you’re sure to notice.

Don’t worry, the like button is still there, but it now has a little group of friends: A “Love” button, a “Haha” button, a “Wow” button, a “Sad” button, and an “Angry” button.

Facebook’s highly anticipated reactions are here, and this is how to use them.

You should now see the feature on all your Facebook-enabled devices.