Soon you can show your support to your friends on their sad statuses with the new sympathy button.
Facebook is
working on another overhaul of its 'Like' button. The social networking
company recently abandoned the iconic thumbs-up symbol with the F with
the word “like” - f like. And now, reports suggest the Like button will
be revamped with inclusion of an emotional complex character –
'sympathy' button.
According to a Huffington Post report,
Facebook's sympathy button would be based on 'mood' drop down list when a
user sets statuses. When someone sets mood as 'sad', the Like button
will turn into a sympathize button. The sympathy count will appear same
as the count shows up with Like button.
The new button is likely to encourage
users to express more emotions on the network as well as help friends to
show support without having to rely on traditional sad-face emoticons.
There's no word on when the sympathize button will be rolled out. However, we expect it to be available early next year.
