Facebook tests dislike, reaction buttons on chat
Facebook's reactions are thriving in News Feed, and it now looks like the company wants to spread them to Messenger, too.
The social network has confirmed that it's testing the ability to add reactions to individual messages, much as someone would with stickers in Apple's iMessage system or Slack's team chats, reports TechCrunch.
The experiment has all the icons someone's expect from conventional Facebook posts (five emotions plus a thumbs-up), but also a thumbs-down — this is the closest you may get to that mythical Facebook "dislike" button.
This would help tally up votes for a place to eat, for example, or share your response if you're a little late to reply with text.
There's no guarantee that you'll see reactions any time soon. Facebook describes this as a "small test" and isn't committing to a launch any time soon, assuming it goes forward.
However, it'd make sense to beef up both Messenger and Workplace, Facebook's Slack-alike.
Facebook launches reactions a year ago and they are sent 300 billion times so far
Facebook launched Reactions almost exactly a year ago, and they proven popular, with over 300 billion sent so far.
"Love" is the most frequently used, making up more than half of all Reactions.
Mexico, Chile, and Suriname see the most Reactions per user. And now, Facebook is weighting Reactions a little more heavily than standard Likes when it's determining how interesting a post is and how prominently to show it in the News Feed.
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