Many Facebook users have been clamoring for the company to add a “Dislike” button for years, arguing that hitting the “Like” button in many instances – such as in reaction to a tragic news event – can seem a bit shallow, or even inappropriate. “Like in every friendship, it is not always happy and there are situations where people post something sad and it is terrible to see that the post has many likes under it. These buttons, however, would help with showing emotions.”Anandita another user says she does not understand what all the fuss is about because there is already an option to use a sticker and wonders if people use them all the time while instant messaging, why can’t they use them to convey a mood”. Throughout these initial discussions, the proposed bursts of positivity was referred to as an “awesome button”.
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Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg speaks during his keynote conference as part of the first day of the Mobile World Congress 2014 at the Fira Gran Via complex on February 24, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Based on results of these tests, the Facebook team is going to determine whether the experience needs to be made available to everyone.
The new emojis were released to users in Spain and Ireland on Thursday and will likely be rolled out to all users in the coming months. The buttons will then appear for users to scroll through and select.
However, now that the options have been released on an experimental basis for a few users, the dislike button is still missing. He said “Reactions gives you new ways to express love, awe, humour and sadness”.
The logistics are quite easy.
The teams who wanted the button forged ahead with slightly different features. It is like the heart feature on Instagram. Facebook does not want to make the social network as a place of hate. This is all about giving people more scope to respond appropriately to a post, rather than actually typing something. “We hope you like this – or can better express how you’re feeling!”, he added.
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Angry: This is a reaction which can be used to express how a particular post angers us.
