Facebook release emoticons to express feelings
<p>Facebook is set to revolutionise the “Like” button function with the introduction of several new emoticons that let users express feelings like love, happiness, sadness and anger.</p>
<p>The six new buttons in addition to the traditional “Like” thumbs up, will be:<br /><strong>- Love –</strong> a love heart emoticon<br /><strong>- Haha –</strong> a laughing smiley face<br /><strong>- Yay –</strong> overjoyed emoticon<br /><strong>- Wow –</strong> astonished emoticon<br /><strong>- Sad –</strong> crying emoticon<br /><strong>- Angry –</strong> frowning, aggressive emoticon</p>
<p>Facebook chief product officer, Chris Cox, addressed the move in a post, describing it as not only a reaction to requests for a “dislike” button, but a way of letting Facebook users express their emotions more accurately on the medium.</p>
<p>“As you can see, it’s not a ‘dislike’ button, though we hope it addresses the spirit of this request more broadly,” said Mr Cox explained in his Facebook post. “We studied which comments and reactions are most commonly and universally expressed across Facebook, then worked to design an experience around them that was elegant and fun.”</p>
<p>The new expressive buttons are currently being tested in Ireland and Spain. Facebook is yet to give Australian users a timeline as to when they can expect changes to be rolled out.</p>
<p><em>Hero image credit: Facebook / Chris Cox</em></p>
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