Facebook Emoticon

Oleh Benn

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FACEBOOK today will allow users to post emoticons into their comments and news feeds. For a while now the site has allowed users to post emoticon stickers into their private messages and on the message app. At the end of last week it was discovered by The “feeling fat” emoticon on Facebook is now dead and buried. The company removed it after more than 16 700 users signed a petition demanding that it is brought down because it allegedly has a negative effect on people feeling overweight. You can no Now Facebook, with the help of a psychologist who studies emotions and a Pixar illustrator, has turned some of the emotions Darwin described in the 19th century into a set of emoticons. The hope: to create emoticons that better capture the vast range of The latest change to the Like button appears to be even bigger than the change from the 'Become a fan' button. 'Reactions' introduces a select number of emoticon responses alongside the Like button on Facebook for the first time. In his posting announcing Coming soon to Facebook: these things. A few weeks ago Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised us “Dislike buttons”, or at least that was the word on the street. But as it turns out, that was just a tease. No “dislike” button in our immediate future Most Facebook users don't routinely act like 3-year-olds, who get red-faced with frustration when they can't find the words that best express their feelings. But we can all channel our inner toddler now: Facebook is making things simple by introducing .

Soon after Pixar illustrator Matt Jones was on board as well. So far, Facebook uses 16 of 50 new emoticons that were created of a character they call Finch, with the potential to roll out more of them in the future being possible. The character's creation Those who logged into Facebook recently might have noticed some new faces—emoticons that users can now tack on to their status updates. These emoticons are highly engineered: Facebook teamed up with a Pixar illustrator and a psychologist to make the most NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Facebook is facing an outcry over the “feeling fat” emoticon that users can post as part of a status update. A group called Endangered Bodies has started a “Fat is not a feeling” campaign against the emoticon, and launched a Facebook has just introduced a new status box feature for its US-based users, and things are bound to get a little more emotional. The new option places an emoticon list just to the right where the photo and check-in options are in the Facebook status box. .