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Amidst the pandemic, every little initiative provides great comfort- so does this thoughtful effort by Facebook.
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Facebook is adding a new emoji called the ‘care’ emoji to its group of reactions!
The emoji is a yellow smiley hugging a red heart, which is said to appear on the main app globally by next week. Adding to that, there’s a pulsating purple heart on Messenger that’s already rolled out!
Alexandria Voica, a tech communications manager said that the reactions are aiming at giving people additional ways of showing support during the down times of COVID-19 pandemic.
We’re launching new Care reactions on @facebookapp and @Messenger as a way for people to share their support with one another during this unprecedented time.
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
We hope these reactions give people additional ways to show their support during the #COVID19 crisis. pic.twitter.com/HunGyK8KQw
This looks so cool!
On Facebook, we will launch a seventh Reaction alongside the existing six. The new Care Reaction will start rolling out next week globally and you can use it to react to posts, comments, images, videos, or other content on the app and https://t.co/t0PZL74vjg pic.twitter.com/PkpbCoPc4F
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
So wait no more! Let’s start hitting the care emoji and be there (virtually at least) for each other!
Info via CNet
