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Starting Tuesday, the microblogging site is replacing the star-shaped “favorite” button with a heart-shaped “like” button. The new “like” feature will be available first on Twitter’s iOS and Android mobile apps, website, TweetDeck, Tweets around the Web and on Vine’s Android app and website. The heart-shaped button will roll out on Vine for iOS and Twitter for Mac soon, the company said.

The move mimics Facebook FB -0.98%, which has for years allowed users to “like” photos, comments and posts. And earlier this month, Facebook rolled out “emoji reactions,” including a heart symbol, to make it easier for users to quickly express more specific emotions. The new feature also reflects one of many changes that early investor and billionaire venture capitalist Chris Sacca recommended to the social network in a lengthy essay this summer about how Twitter should grow its audience. Sacca noted in his essay that ‘favorite’ was too strong a word for a reaction button. He said including a heart gesture in tweets would create positive feedback that would encourage more frequent posting and visits to the site.

“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,” Twitter product manager Akarshan Kumar said in a blog post. “You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite.”

Kumar said the heart was chosen for its broad appeal and meaning.
source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2015/11/03/twitter-makes-hearts-the-new-like-button-drops-favorite/

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Tbillz:
Starting Tuesday, the microblogging site is replacing the star-shaped “favorite” button with a heart-shaped “like” button. The new “like” feature will be available first on Twitter’s iOS and Android mobile apps, website, TweetDeck, Tweets around the Web and on Vine’s Android app and website. The heart-shaped button will roll out on Vine for iOS and Twitter for Mac soon, the company said.

The move mimics Facebook FB -0.98%, which has for years allowed users to “like” photos, comments and posts. And earlier this month, Facebook rolled out “emoji reactions,” including a heart symbol, to make it easier for users to quickly express more specific emotions. The new feature also reflects one of many changes that early investor and billionaire venture capitalist Chris Sacca recommended to the social network in a lengthy essay this summer about how Twitter should grow its audience. Sacca noted in his essay that ‘favorite’ was too strong a word for a reaction button. He said including a heart gesture in tweets would create positive feedback that would encourage more frequent posting and visits to the site.

“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,” Twitter product manager Akarshan Kumar said in a blog post. “You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite.”

Kumar said the heart was chosen for its broad appeal and meaning.
source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2015/11/03/twitter-makes-hearts-the-new-like-button-drops-favorite/

Cool stuff, just like IG