Reaction to Twitter's new heart button
There has been mixed reaction to Twitter's decision to change its 'favourite' star button into a 'like' heart button.
Some users have been unimpressed about how effective this change will be. While a few have welcomed the change.
When the grey button is pressed, it explodes with colour and the heart turns red.
Read their statement below:
''We hope you like what you see on Twitter and Vine today: hearts!
We are changing our star icon for favorites to a heart and we’ll be calling them likes. We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use, and we know that at times the star could be confusing, especially to newcomers. You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite.
The heart, in contrast, is a universal symbol that resonates across languages, cultures, and time zones. The heart is more expressive, enabling you to convey a range of emotions and easily connect with people. And in our tests, we found that people loved it.
You’ve embraced hearts in a big way on Periscope, and we’re delighted to bring them to Twitter and Vine, making them the common language for our global community.
Starting today, you’ll see hearts on Twitter for iOS and Android, twitter.com, TweetDeck, Twitter for Windows 10, and on Tweets across the Internet, as well as on the Vine Android app and website. You’ll see them soon on Vine for iOS and Twitter for Mac. Tap the heart and see what happens!''
Check it out below!!
You can say a lot with a heart. Introducing a new way to show how you feel on Twitter: https://t.co/WKBEmORXNW pic.twitter.com/G4ZGe0rDTP
— Twitter (@twitter) November 3, 2015See some of the best reaction below.
So we get a like button but still no edit button....@twitter .....wyd.... pic.twitter.com/S9utTyIJnM
— Karla (@Moonbyulism) November 3, 2015Twitter changed the favourite button to a like button. Bring back the fav button!
— Drake (@ltssDrake) November 3, 2015What is this little heart thing doing on my twitter?????? I don't LIKE it !!!!
— JaiW13 (@JaiW13) November 3, 2015Are we so afraid of love that we reject the Twitter heart?
— Sarah Xerta (@sarahxerta) November 3, 2015If I heart too freely, I'm going to get hurt again, Twitter. I don't think I can handle that. Why are you doing this to me!
— Benjamin R. Terry (@BenRTerry) November 3, 2015The heart symbol is really stupid @twitter ... No company tests their most loyal customers like you people.
— Dean Clark (@earldean71) November 3, 2015Some users aren't buying it, they say Twitter is 'trying too hard to be Facebook, Instagram':
Twitter is changing into Facebook. Wtf is wrong with Twitter?? I don't need this Like button.
— Girls Logic (@GirlsIogic) November 3, 2015Did anyone notice how they blatantly changed the little gold star into a heart and they're called likes now. Wtf Twitter? Tryna be IG smh
— Brandon Oliver (@mindvirus_) November 3, 2015WTF is with the heart, twitter? If I wanted to be on instagram, I would go to instagram.
— Anthony Swanson (@nthonyswan) November 3, 2015