Facebook’s New ‘Dislike’ is Actually Emojis

Facebook users will be excited to hear they finally have a "dislike button"-- sort of. The social network has begun very limited testing of a new feature called "Reactions" that lets mobile app users choose from six emoji to express themselves, including "Love," "Haha," "Yay, "Wow," "Sad," and "Angry." For now reactions is only available to Facebook mobile app users in Spain and Ireland, and can be accessed by holding down the "Like" button. Facebook's chief product officer Chris Cox says, "As you can see, it's not a 'dislike' button, though we hope it addresses the spirit of this request more broadly. We studied which comments and reactions are most commonly and universally expressed across Facebook, then worked to design an experience around them that was elegant and fun." Reactions will be rolled out to all users, it's just not clear when. So what are your thoughts?