Can you do thumbs up on facebook

The new way to react to posts on the site will let users express love, laughter, happiness, shock, sadness and anger. However as it's only a trial run you'll only be able to add a smiley face to a friend's status if you live in Ireland or Spain. This comes after years of calls to Facebook's boss Mark Zuckerberg to add a dislike button. At the time he said he wanted people to be able to show empathy, but not to put down other people's posts.

Unfortunately here in our offices in London we can't see if the new emoticons make you feel. I just did it right then, it took me all of two seconds. No need for the cursed thumb here, because I have a little something called manners. The thumb has no place in civilised society and must be banished, and if you are on the right side of history you will side with me on this. Just say no to this laziest way of saying yes. Sign up here to receive the Metro Eats!

The Facebook messenger thumb is rude, obnoxious and should never be used It is the online equivalent of some guy saying "cool story" instead of laughing at your bad joke like a normal person Text by Tess Nichol. Apr 11, etc The thumb reaction in Facebook messenger is awful and should never be used in any circumstance. English US. Using Facebook. Creating an Account. Your Profile. Your Home Page. How News Feed Works. Like and React to Posts. Translate News Feed. Notably, the Messenger reaction list differs from the News Feed one because of the addition of much-requested and always-denied Dislike button.

Instead, it built Reactions so people could share more nuanced emotions quickly, but left disliking for the comments. Slack offers a similar Emoji Reactions menu and emoji counter on messages.