If you’ve been using Twitter today, you may have noticed that the”favorite” button just got a makeover.
Twitter announced Tuesday that it is switching out the “star” icon for a “heart,” which will signify a “like” rather than a “favorite.”
The company said the star icon was confusing for newcomers and noted that users “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,” Akarshan Kumar, a product manager at Twitter said in a statement. “The heart is more expressive, enabling you to convey a range of emotions and easily connect with people.”
You may have noticed it also when someone clicked the heart on one of your tweets, sending you the notification that someone had Liked your tweet. That’s always a good thing. In actuality, the Favorite button seems to have been used to convey that that you liked someone’s tweet anyway, at least for the last few years.
While it will work the exact same way and even still shows your favorites now called ‘Likes’ on your profile page, it can certainly help express your fondness for what a follower is sharing, and will have a number of helpful implications on your social media marketing.
How do you plan to use the new Like feature on Twitter? Comment below or tweet to us @AgintoSolutions. Who knows, we might even ‘Like’ you’re thoughts…
Cheers!
If you’ve been using Twitter today, you may have noticed that the”favorite” button just got a makeover.
Twitter announced Tuesday that it is switching out the “star” icon for a “heart,” which will signify a “like” rather than a “favorite.”
The company said the star icon was confusing for newcomers and noted that users “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,” Akarshan Kumar, a product manager at Twitter said in a statement. “The heart is more expressive, enabling you to convey a range of emotions and easily connect with people.”
You may have noticed it also when someone clicked the heart on one of your tweets, sending you the notification that someone had Liked your tweet. That’s always a good thing. In actuality, the Favorite button seems to have been used to convey that that you liked someone’s tweet anyway, at least for the last few years.
While it will work the exact same way and even still shows your favorites now called ‘Likes’ on your profile page, it can certainly help express your fondness for what a follower is sharing, and will have a number of helpful implications on your social media marketing.
How do you plan to use the new Like feature on Twitter? Comment below or tweet to us @AgintoSolutions. Who knows, we might even ‘Like’ you’re thoughts…
Cheers!
Published on November 3, 2015
About the Author: Chris Williams
