{"id":122107,"date":"2016-02-27T09:36:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T07:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/122107\/facebook-reactions-what-you-need-to-know-6\/"},"modified":"2016-02-27T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T07:36:56","slug":"facebook-reactions-what-you-need-to-know-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/02\/27\/facebook-reactions-what-you-need-to-know-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Reactions: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A simple &#8216;like&#8217; on posts doesn&#8217;t suffice anymore, and we as Facebook users have been demanding for a &#8216;Dislike&#8217; button to be introduced!<\/p>\n<p>But our friends over at Facebook decided otherwise, and have instead supplied\u00a0us with a set of different reactions, in order to express our feelings on a certain Facebook post and its subject matter. Now you are able to respond with\u00a0Love, Haha, Wow, Sad and Angry in addition to the familiar, original Like button.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Let Facebook&#8217;s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg explain:<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>\/\/ <\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zuck\/videos\/10102670721833831\/\"><p>Today is our worldwide launch of Reactions &#8212; the new Like button with more ways to express yourself. Not every moment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zuck\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zuck\/videos\/10102670721833831\/\">Wednesday, 24 February 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>So how does it work? Let us show you how:<\/h2>\n<h4>If you are on desktop:<\/h4>\n<p>Simply hover with your mouse over the Like button, and the new reaction will appear in a bar above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97896\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy3.gif\" alt=\"giphy\" width=\"496\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>On mobile:<\/h4>\n<p>To access Reactions on a mobile device, simply click and hold the Like button and the icons will appear above from where you&#8217;d be able to make your selection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/Capture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97904\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/Capture.png\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"304\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Easy enough!<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on these new Reactions? Is this a quicker means to interaction, or are we forced to become lazier by means of these &#8216;shortcuts&#8217;, rather than engaging in constructive discussions?<\/p>\n<p>We would \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/love.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-97900\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/love.png\" alt=\"love\" width=\"44\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a>\u00a0to hear from you! Leave your reply in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='2749a9ed1d7ef35f0e6ade73cdfea76a'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has finally rolled out its new feature, referred to as Reactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":122109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}