Show your reaction with the new Facebook feature

Remember the rumours about the Facebook “dislike” button? Well, turns out it was actually much more than that, Reactions is the new feature for Facebook and it allows you to respond to posts with different emoji.

How does it work? The easiest way to understand Facebook Reactions is to simply think of it as an extension of the Like button. The feature will work with any post on Facebook where the like button is visible. By long pressing or hovering over it with a mouse, the panel will open up and display the six different reactions that can be added to the post. The multiple responses include “like,” “haha,” “yay,” “wow,” “sad” and “anger.”

Each different reaction comes with an emoji, which is then displayed next to the number of likes underneath a post. As with a regular “like”, you can only give one reaction per post, so you can’t “like” and “wow” the same post.

So, when will we get this new feature? Like with many of Facebook’s updates, when you receive it will depend on where you live. Facebook users in Ireland and Span will be the first to use this cool feature. When the rest of us get the feature is unclear, but it will probably depend on how people respond to it.

You are probably wondering why dislike isn’t one of reactions. Mark Zuckerberg has said many times that he feels that a “dislike” button could bring a lot of negativity. It is important to remember that the any new feature needs to promote something good and not something bad.

The new Reactions feature is still in a somewhat experimental stage, so some changes are possible, but it seems it’s going to be quite popular! What do you think of the new Facebook Reactions feature?

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