Twitter introduces a new interesting feature: Soon available to everyone
Twitter is working hard to provoke reactions with emoticons on tweets, similar to those on Facebook. In addition to the usual "like" option, there will now be reactions to "cheer", "haha" and "sad", and unlike "Facebook", "Twitter" will not introduce an angry reaction.
Emoticon reactions are currently under development. Post reactions are also available on other social media platforms such as LinkedIn.
Reactions to the "emoji" were noted by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, who posted a "print screen" on Twitter.
Twitter is working on Tweet Reactions view:
"Likes", "Cheer", "Hmm", "Sad", "Haha"
The icons for the Cheer and Sad reactions are WIP and shown as the generic heart one at the moment https://t.co/ZCBhH8z7JR pic.twitter.com/dGqq1CzIis
- Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) May 28, 2021
The emoticons look similar to Facebook, especially those for haha and sad, but Twitter is also expected to include "hmm" thinking reactions and cheer cheering.
Otherwise, Twitter, the platform recently stopped accepting new applications for account verification. Twitter suspended the service in 2017, but re-launched it on May 20 this year.
Twitter is also reportedly testing a beta phase of a new set of fonts called "Chirp “. It was first announced in January 2021 and, according to users, Twitter has already started expanding the font to its web users.