Lor announced Mark Zuckerberg with a post on Facebook. Meta officially launches reactions on WhatsApp.
But what exactly is it about?
It starts with six reactions
As already happens on Facebook Messenger, from today it will be possible add a reply emoji to each message received on WhatsApp. This possibility of fact streamlines the conversation, delete answers easily summarized with a simple emoticon And facilitates read receipts.
To date on Facebook Messenger it is possible to react with all the emojis to the messages of your friends. On WhatsApp, on the other hand, it starts with six emojis in particular: thumb up, heart, laughing face, surprised face, sad face and praying hands.
But Mark Zuckerberg – in these days in Italy for some commitments (yesterday, for example, he was at Palazzo Chigi) – he has already reassured: “New reactions will arrive soon”.
How to send reactions
In order to send a reaction, it will be necessary press and hold on one of the received messages and then select the emoji you want to send. Once chosen, it will end up in the lower right corner of the text bubble.
If your application still doesn’t allow you to send your emojis, don’t worry. It is about an update being released and therefore it may take a few hours for all 2 billion users around the world to access this novelty.
The most used emoji in the world? The face crying with laughter
The emoji psychologist from Wayne State University in Michigan, Lara JonesHe released some interesting facts about emoticons. An example: the most used emoji globally is that of the face crying with laughter. Women use it the most.
The famous “thumb up”on the other hand, it is mostly used by men: they are the Malaysians to use it more. They use it in 5.6% of cases compared to 1.6% of global average use (source: Swiftkey Emoji Report).
Impossible not to mention the emoji of the Red heart. It accounts for around 9% of all emojis used in the world. According to it Swiftkey Emoji Report, French speakers use this emoji 4 times more than the global average. A case?
Finally, one last curiosity: the emoticon of clasped hands (among the six selected by Meta for the launch of reactions on WhatsApp) assumes different meanings depending on the cultures. In Japanese, this emoji is used to say “Thank you” or “Please”.
Instead, in other cultures it is used to symbolize the gesture of prayeror even for give yourself five. The people who use this emoji the most? It’s the Brazilian one: they use it twice as much as the global average.
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