Elon Musk jokes about a lot of things, but the Tesla and SpaceX founder certainly seems serious about shaking up Twitter. Following weeks of dramatic developments that included the rare adoption of a “poison pill” defense by shareholders, and of course, plenty of tweeting, the executive on Monday reached an agreement to buy the social media app for roughly $44 billion.
The “LIKE” button has finally evolved. Facebook unveiled five animated emojis you can choose from instead of just the standard “LIKE” including Love, HaHa, Wow, Sad & Angry
By popular demand, Facebook is going beyond the ubiquitous thumbs-up button with a new shorthand to express your thoughts and feelings.
Acknowledging that “LIKE” isn’t exactly the right sentiment for every occasion. The new Emoji’s rolled out to Facebook’s nearly 1.6 billion users around the globe Wednesday February 24th.
After more than a year of research, focus groups, surveys & more done by Facebook…You now have more authentic ways to quickly and easily respond to posts, whether they are sad, serious, funny or happy.
Facebook will continue to gather feedback on the feature and could tweak it down the line. While the company doesn’t have plans right now to expand “Reactions” to other Facebook-owned apps like Instagram, the feature could carry over to other apps in the future.
-Hovering over the like button on your computer allows you to use Facebook reactions on Mac or PC. If you don’t see the option, you will need to wait a little while, but it will be available to all Facebook users shortly.
-Long pressing on the Like button on iPhone or Android will open the Facebook Reactions options on Android and iPhone.
-You can simply press the like button to leave a normal like and there will be fast access to the three most common Facebook reactions.
Apparently facebook just got a whole lot more creepy..
Article originally written by Samantha Murphy Kelly for Mashable.
If you’ve been eyeing someone on Facebook whose profile doesn’t list a relationship status, the company is making it easier (or possibly more awkward) to find out if he or she’s single.
Facebook has rolled out a new “ask” feature for those profile pages that don’t list relationship statuses. The owner of the page doesn’t see the button — only the person who is checking out the page.
By clicking “ask,” you must send the user a message related to the status (such as “want to grab a drink sometime?”), as well as a request to list a status as single, engaged, married or in a civil union. Note: users must be friends with the person in order for the “ask” button to appear.
The owner of the Facebook page then receives a request to list select a status that only the sender can see. This means your status can remain private but visible to only those who “ask” for that information, if you so wish to divulge it.
It’s also possible to update your entire network with this information too, but Facebook is probably guessing — correctly — that you’d simply list your status already if you wanted everyone to know.
The feature introduces a new way to use Facebook as a way to find dates. With the continuing success of online dating sites, and Facebook’s massive user base, the only surprise here is that the feature wasn’t introduced sooner.
A user’s relationship status can also be of use to marketers that target products or services to certain demographics. By answering an “ask” request, a Facebook member is telling the site their status (even if it’s not visible to the public) and in turn, giving the company that personal data.
The feature first started popping up on mobile and desktop versions of the site a few months ago, but is now accessible to all users. It’s also possible to “ask” for other unlisted information too, such as phone numbers, email addresses, current city, hometown and place of employment.
Let the awkward inquiring begin.
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