Twitter To Add Facebook-Like Emoji Reactions — But One Expression is Missing

It seems that the heart-shaped like button of Twitter will no longer be alone for a long time. The social media giant is working on a Facebook-like emoji reaction, an app researcher leaks. However, there seems to be a missing emoji in comparison to Facebook.

Jane Manchun Wong, a reverse engineering expert, first tweeted about what Twitter is covertly working on.

Facebook launched its multi-emoji reaction buttons in 2016. It has enabled its users to provide a more accurate response to the posts on the platform -- instead of a mere generic "like" option.

Before that, the social media conglomerate only had a "like" button. Since then, it has added a "love," "wow," "sad," "haha," and "angry." It is contrary to the request of its users back then -- a "dislike" button.

Facebook had that feature in development for a year, The Verge reported.

In 2017, comments on Facebook also had the same emoji reactions. Another way to further improve communication responses.

Twitter Emoji Reactions

On the other hand, Twitter is now also trying to develop a similar approach to add to its heart-shaped reaction button. According to Wong, the social media giant will have emojis similar to Facebook's, except for the other two.

Aside from the like, users could expect a "sad," a "haha," and, the other two that seem to be a Twitter-original, a "cheer," and "hmm."

However, the "cheer," and "sad" options, in the leak, still do not use an actual emoji -- a "heart" emoji is used as a placeholder instead.

Wong said that: "The icons for the Cheer and Sad reactions are WIP and shown as the generic heart one at the moment."

Missing Emoji Reaction

Based on the leak provided by Wong, the "wow," and "angry" emojis will not join the new set of reactions on Twitter. And there seems to be no alternative provided for "angry."

According to The Verge, Twitter users may not even need an angry reaction as rage is rather expressed with such conviction on reply and quote retweet features.

For the "wow," Twitter will instead use a more celebratory "cheer" emoji. The other option is the "hmm" emoji that expresses a thinking or curious sentiment -- what Facebook does not have.

Twitter Survey

In March, Twitter must have been getting insight into the development of its newest feature. Twitter survey some of its users about their preferred emoji reaction.

Tech Crunch wrote in a report that the questionnaire included a "fire," which means "awesome," and "raised hands," to extend support, emojis.

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Written by Teejay Boris