Humanity has been boiled down to six emotions. Today after tests in a few countries, Facebook is rolling out its augmented Like button "Reactions" to all..
When friends on Facebook post about funny stories or even tragedies, I could not find a button to express my emotions and found myself without options to click since “like” did not feel as good reaction. And, now happy to share that there are five new emotions - probably inspired by people that felt the same way I did - to augment the “like” button to “reactions” including love, haha (lol), wow, sad, and angry. The new design is optional with “like” as the first option, but now if you tap and hold on it (or hover on desktop), the “like” will expand to reveal the new emotions. And, instead of a “like” count, posts will display the total “reaction” count, and show the icons of the most popular “reactions.” This new expansion of the “like” button tested in different markets was a smart move since it can capture almost every way people feel across cultures and language barriers.
To learn more, here is a Tech Crunch article: