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Facebook 5 New “Reactions” are HERE! Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry
2:21 PMApril Clements
They
are finally here... Facebook Reaction buttons are official as of Wednesday,
February 24, 2016. Though the "Dislike" option is nowhere to be
found. I am sure that will not make some people as excited over this as they
should. Oh well... folks will just have to get over it because we do
get an "Angry" reaction. I am really loving the
change so far. I have tested it out on my laptop browser and it is now
live on my iPhone too. I have not checked my android phone yet but I am sure we
will see it soon if not. I had to do a double check earlier when I first
noticed it. I wasn't sure what was going on since I had not heard anything
about Facebook reactions yet. I heard months ago that something like this was
coming but not when it was coming.
It is
really simple to use. The "Like" button is here to stay
and all you need to do is just click on it... If you want to use the new
reactions to express more than just a boring
old "like" Then all you do is just hover over the
"Like" button and it will open a little popup to show your new
alternatives. When you are on your phone and in the app you just press
down on the LIKE button and the little menu pops up! Also instead
of tallying “likes” on a post, Facebook will now calculate the reaction
count and display the icons of the buttons most pressed. It might sound a
little confusing at first but with everything new there is a learning curve.
[[ According to Facebook News Feed engineering manager
Tom Alison, these new buttons were created after the site’s founder Mark
Zuckerberg told his team: “I want to really make it easy for people to give
other types of feedback than the Like button in News Feed.” ]]
So here are our 5 new Facebook reactions we get to choose from...
When your way too busy to use
the new reactions.
When you find a status that you LOVE
more than Like and you want to show it some love.
When you don't feel like typing LOL
or LMBO just click on the HAHA reaction.
When you see something on Facebook that
blows your mind. Just WOW it!
When you see something so sad and you cant
bring yourself to "Like" it. Well Facebook has solved that problem
too! Thanks guys!
Last but not least...
When you see
something that makes you angry! Now you have a way to express that anger.
So
what do you all think? Do you think Facebook made a good move by introducing
these 5 new reactions and leaving Dislike out? I wonder why they dissed the
Dislike? I think it is a odd move since the Like button is something that is
synonymous to Facebook. I am not complaining though. I personally can do with
out the dislike button. These new reactions are going to be a ton of fun don't
you think?
