New York: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg launches new reactions across the globe. The users can now enjoy many emotions rather than just liking a post.
The social media network rolled out ‘Reactions’ an extension of the Like button worldwide on Wednesday, to allow users to express sadness, wow, anger, love and laughter.
Introducing ReactionsToday is our worldwide launch of Reactions — the new Like button with more ways to express yourself. Not every moment you want to share is happy. Sometimes you want to share something sad or frustrating. Our community has been asking for a dislike button for years, but not because people want to tell friends they don’t like their posts. People wanted to express empathy and make it comfortable to share a wider range of emotions. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the right way to do this with our team. One of my goals was to make it as simple as pressing and holding the Like button. The result is Reactions, which allow you to express love, laughter, surprise, sadness or anger. Love is the most popular reaction so far, which feels about right to me!
Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, February 24, 2016
The five new buttons appear as animated emotions that pop up when the like buttons apper as animated emoticons that pop up when the Like button is held down on mobile devices. The buttons appear on desktops when users hover over the Like button.
