The most popular and widely
use social media Facebook rolled out its new Reactions buttons across the globe.
The five new emotions -
which are Love, Angry, Sad, Haha and Wow - appear when you hover over Like on a
PC, or hold it down on mobile or tablet.
The social network tried
out the new buttons in a pilot in Ireland, Japan and Spain last October.
In a video accompanying a
blog post, the five new emotions appear as animated emoticons that pop up from
the screen.
Users have long requested a
dislike button, but that was thought to be too negative.
Facebook has chosen to
offer more nuanced reactions - love, haha, wow, sad and angry - alongside like
to give users "greater control over their expressivity", says Julie
Zhuo, Facebook's product design director.
Facebook went through comments on friends' posts, as well as
emoji-like stickers people were using.
It chose the most
common ones and tested those.
Facebook considered
dozens of reactions but offering them all would have been confusing.
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