On Thursday, people in the USA and Canada will be able to show their excitement for their friends and families’ posts and photos with a special set of Star Trek reactions. To commemorate the occasion, Facebook has chose to come up with custom reactions as a tribute.
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Founder FRED JACOBS takes to the company JACOBLOG to note, “today is the 50th anniversary of STAR TREK, the seminal TV series that first debuted on NBC in 1966”. Spock’s face is used for “Wow”, which seems odd considering that would be the last reaction Spock would ever have.
Facebook has rolled out a new suite of “like” buttons to mark the 50th anniversary of the first Star Trek episode, TechCrunch reports.
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Starting with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture, “in 1979, the franchise has now spanned almost four decades and a total of 13 films and multiple television versions, including “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Voyager”.
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The show, which followed the exploits of a 23rd century crew of interstellar explorers, distinguished itself with its intricate plot lines that often featured prescient social commentary, and its colorful cast of characters including the logical half-human Spock, the compassionate Dr. “Bones” McCoy and the purely passionate Captain James T. Kirk. For those lucky fans, the new Star Trek theme will be up in the United States and Canada – on both desktop and the mobile apps – “for a limited time”. Without mentioning specifics, she said additional experiences will focus on “community and moment-driven events”.
