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Facebook Introduces Emojis, Live Video (thestack.com)

Posted by timothy on from the no-emoticons-to-express-how-I-feel dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook has announced that it would roll out a new live video tool called Live, available immediately for US iPhone users, and expanding to the rest of the world and Android users over the next few weeks. It is also expanding the 'Like' button to a range of emojis called 'Reactions'. The 'Live' video service has had a limited testing group since December, according to Product Manager Vadim Lavrusik. Starting today, Facebook users can access the service through the existing Update Status tool, and can control the audience for the video before uploading. Facebook also announced that it will roll out an expansion of the 'Like' button to a range of emojis called 'Reactions'.The 'Like' function will now include emojis for Love, Sad, Angry, Happy and Wow. The emoji for 'Yay' was discarded after testing.

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  1. My Toe, Your Pool of Stupid by crunchy_one · · Score: 1

    Not gonna dip my toe in this much stupid. Uh-uh.

  2. an editor here by takyon · · Score: 1

    How do you feel about "thestack.com"?

    1. Re:an editor here by halivar · · Score: 1

      I can't believe they're considering vetting sources for quality. That's not the Slashdot way!

    2. Re:an editor here by takyon · · Score: 1

      You caught me. I'm actually an editor for SoylentNews. We received 3 submissions from thestack.com including this one.

      I was going to delete them later but I noticed this one ran here and decided to look into it.

      You know what else we don't link to? Forbes.

    3. Re:an editor here by takyon · · Score: 1

      Nope, I'm a SoylentNews editor. We received 3 submissions from thestack.com so I checked around here after browsing the Slashdot-got-bought megathread. whipslash looks nice though.

    4. Re:an editor here by 110010001000 · · Score: 1

      There is nothing wrong with thestack.com, but they aren't following the standard "submit-to-firehouse-get-voted-on" procedure that everyone else uses, are they? Either they are paying to get on the front page, or they have paid people to vote their stories in.

    5. Re:an editor here by Gription · · Score: 1

      If there is an editor it appears that they couldn't recognize that the links for "Live" and for the emojis has been switched ...

  3. What age group is facebook aimed at now? by Viol8 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The 'Like' function will now include emojis for Love, Sad, Angry, Happy and Wow."

    Those are the sort of things pre-school kids care about.

    1. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by randomErr · · Score: 1

      Same age group they've always targeted. We just got aged out of it.

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    2. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      Of course there's no Hate or Don't Be An Idiot option. Oh no, can't have people expressing their real opinions unless they're positive. Even a Thumbs Down Dislike button would have been more of an improvement.

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    3. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      Or the "if you scroll past this you have no heart", "help this person get 10,000 likes", "Like this, type Amen, and you will receive good news/money/whatever within 24 hours", the various "we have 500 xboxes/playstations/whatever to give away, share this pose and you will be entered into the draw", "can't you even check to see if it's true before posting this sh*t", and "warning: conspiracy nut on the loose" options.

      The same helicopter parents who are afraid something will happen to their kid walking to or from school have no problem posting tons of pictures of where they are, what they're doing, and of course what they look like.

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    4. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by hoggoth · · Score: 2

      In related news Facebook will prominently feature a 'Whats your favorite color?' field and use it to help you find potential new friends.

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    5. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by safetyinnumbers · · Score: 2

      The only time the Like button seems inappropriate is when someone has bad news. That's not the time I want to respond with a cartoon scowly face.

      Adding plain text buttons such as "Agree" or "Support" along with "Like" would appeal to the more mature crowd.

      As long as we don't also get a "Pray".

    6. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by Dragonslicer · · Score: 1

      Adding plain text buttons such as "Agree" or "Support" along with "Like" would appeal to the more mature crowd.

      For our age group, one of the text options should be "Me too!"

    7. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

      "The 'Like' function will now include emojis for Love, Sad, Angry, Happy and Wow."

      Those are the sort of things pre-school kids care about.

      Yeah, I see this as expanding the number of ways people will now have to get offended at some trivial shit and start facebook fights. Yay.

      (If only I had a facebook account, this would be relevant to me. Oh well.)

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    8. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

      Socipath much?

      Not much, maybe a little around the edges, if you know what I mean and I think you do.

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    9. Re:What age group is facebook aimed at now? by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

      Same age group they've always targeted. We just got aged out of it.

      Yep. Mod parent "Insightful".

      I get older, but High School girls are still the same age....that does not seem fair. :(

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  4. The Death of Facebook by wjcofkc · · Score: 1

    Or maybe "Facebook: A Postmortem" Now that's a Slashdot title I would like to see.

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    1. Re: The Death of Facebook by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 1

      You're kidding, right? They just announced 1.3 billion users world-wide and their stock went nuts. You and I may not value the service but they're wildly good at what they do. Expect 3 billion before too long.

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    2. Re: The Death of Facebook by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 4, Funny

      You and I may not value the service but they're wildly good at what they do.

      So is malaria.

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    3. Re: The Death of Facebook by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

      You and I may not value the service but they're wildly good at what they do.

      So is malaria.

      Ooooh, apply cold water to burned area, lol. :)

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  5. Put a drop of wine into a barrel sewage... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    If you put a drop of wine into a barrel of sewage and you get sewage.

    Put a drop of sewage into a barrel of wine? And you get .... sewage.

    Now, drop a turd into a barrel of sewage? Facebook.

    No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the human race. Sometimes I wonder what species actually sent 12 representatives to another celestial body. Especially when I have to drive in snow...

  6. So Periscope? by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 1

    So Live is just Facebook's version of Periscope?

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    1. Re:So Periscope? by swb · · Score: 1

      A marketing droid I'm friends with on Facebook is a major cheerleader for client involvement with Periscope, so it wouldn't surprise me if Facebook felt it had to get in on this, too.

  7. fucking Apple first party again by sensationull · · Score: 1

    Why do they even bother releasing to anything else, they don't give a shit about any other platforms enough to do a simultaneous platform release even for the larger android market.

    1. Re:fucking Apple first party again by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      Is it really a "larger Android market" if you do not count the devices stuck with old Android versions? Last time I saw statistics of Android versions, only a small percentage was using the latest major version, another small percentage was stuck with the previous major version and the rest went as far back as four major versions ago. That's like complaining that my iPhone 3GS isn't supported anymore, except that low-end Android devices still ship with old versions of the OS today, even as brand-new phones.

  8. Re:YAY!!! by halivar · · Score: 1

    Well, we can always bring back Bennett and Nerval's Lobster if you miss them....

  9. Re:YAY!!! by Dins · · Score: 1

    Yes, let's crucify them for not making /. an idyllic paradise within 48 hours.

  10. After extensive market research... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 1

    ...we have discovered that Facebook isn't annoying enough.

    1. Re:After extensive market research... by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      Facebook is like that annoying, useless channel on your cable or satellite box. Just because it's there doesn't mean you have to watch it.

  11. Doge Approves! by Irate+Engineer · · Score: 1

    Much Love

    So Sad

    Very Angry

    Many Happy

    Wow

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    1. Re:Doge Approves! by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      Much approve, send many Doge to D9scjyKETYZesSmhjCR4vye4bc6iDqXPd6 for many happy! World of Warcraft!

  12. Re:Inclusiveness by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 1

    ...and Zoidberg!

  13. Poor Android by nikhilhs · · Score: 1

    But will it make the Android app not suck and take up all available resources, and then some? I've uninstalled Facebook and Messenger, and now my phone runs like it's brand new. On the bright side, I now rarely use Facebook. So I've got that going for me.

    1. Re:Poor Android by gstoddart · · Score: 1

      I decided a while ago on my Nexus tablet I'd uninstall any app which was essentially just a web-page ... because I don't have to worry about ads and permissions.

      A shocking amount of apps are just wrappers around the same content as the web page, and just wanted to collect my data and serve up ads.

      Huge amounts of these apps are largely pointless, and can be replaced with a bookmark and requesting the desktop site.

      My tablet has a lot less garbage on it, and I have less privacy concerns with apps which want to access the world just because they say so.

      If the native app only really adds more data and ads for them, what value is it to YOU? I've concluded for many of them, they add no value at all.

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    2. Re:Poor Android by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

      I've uninstalled Facebook and Messenger, and now my phone runs like it's brand new.

      I'd no more trust Facebook and Messenger on my phone than I'd trust an unattended pedophile at a daycare. (And not having a Facebook account kind of seals the deal for me, no reason at all to have it on my phone.)

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    3. Re:Poor Android by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

      A shocking amount of apps are just wrappers around the same content as the web page, and just wanted to collect my data and serve up ads

      Holy shit, SAY IT ISN'T SO!! ;)

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    4. Re:Poor Android by gstoddart · · Score: 1

      I know, it's a radical and wacky idea, and it will even be controversial ... but, yes.

      The sad thing is, for most consumers, they just go "ZOMG teh app" and don't stop to think "what does this really do for me?".

      It's like those terrible mobile sites which reditect you away from finding the fucking information you'd come looking for ... if all your mobile version of the web site is keep me from finding what Google sent me here for, your mobile website sucks.

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  14. No U1F44E.... unfortunate. by mark-t · · Score: 1

    I had heard rumors that facebook was going to add an effective "dislike" button.... I guess this "reactions" is it. Maybe facebook was worried that "disliking" something would turn into a form of cyber bullying.

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  15. "And." Just say "And." by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

    Facebook Introduces Emojis, Live Video

    "Emojis, Live Video"? Is that like "Santa Claus, the Movie"?

    Just say "and" if you mean "and." Let these pointless newspaper traditions die with their medium.

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    1. Re:"And." Just say "And." by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      Do you really mean that and I mean and do you have reading comprehension problems and man?

  16. Why by fulldecent · · Score: 1

    Before the internet you would read high quality content because it was high quality. And they would continue to publish it because you read it.

    Now it is too simple to measure "engagement" by counting comments, tweets, etc. Before long, publishers notice that useful articles with minor factual errors, vitriolic and gossip articles get the most engagement. Unfortunately this leads to more articles with that type of content.

    This new reactions feature will be extremely useful for content producers.

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  17. The emoji for 'Yay' was discarded after testing by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

    Fluttershy was not available for comment.

  18. Re:Inclusiveness by Dragonslicer · · Score: 1

    Why not Zoidberg?

  19. Re:Bring the war home by ColdWetDog · · Score: 1

    Careful what you ask for, you might get it.

    Bad Boy! No biscuit!

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  20. Wow by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

    If I had a Facebook account I'm sure I'd be jumping for joy at all the new shiny junk they just added. But I don't, so eh.

    For those of you that do love you some Facebook, congratulations on the new goodies.

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    1. Re:Wow by therealbev · · Score: 1

      I made my own bird-flip jpg. Working on "asshole" right now. Hard to do it without being vulgar :-(

  21. Re:Bring the war home by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

    Slashdot needs to allow commenters to use emoji and live video, also.

    Yesssssssssssss...that will undoubtedly raise the quality of the discourse here. Absolutely. *cough*

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