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Home / News / Science News / Facebook Messenger gets thumbs-down emojis, reactions and mentions
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    Facebook Messenger gets thumbs-down emojis, reactions and mentions

    Written by
    Vaneet Randhawa
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    NewsBytes Desk
    Last updated on Mar 25, 2017, 09:15 am
    Facebook Messenger gets thumbs-down emojis, reactions and mentions
  • Facebook has finally introduced the long-awaited thumbs-down emoji option, but only on its Messenger.

    Newly released features on the chatting platform also include reactions, which were introduced not long ago on Facebook.

    Users can also now use '@' to tag people in a group conversation. Reactions and mentions will also be rolled out for Facebook's official communication platform, Work Chat in Workplace.

  • In this article
    How emojis are chosen? Apple's push against violent emojis Apple blocks the rifle emoji New emojis set to feature in 2017 Apple replaces gun emoji with a toy gun Microsoft update to introduce a more real gun as emoji Facebook Messenger gets thumbs-down emojis, reactions and mentions
  • Unicode Consortium

    How emojis are chosen?

    How emojis are chosen?
    Credits:
  • For an emoji to come into existence, the Unicode Consortium decides after much deliberation on a standard list of emojis that every vendor (Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter etc) supports.

    The list is a "bunch of words" that describe what an emoji should look like: "FACE WITHOUT MOUTH", "MOBILE PHONE WITH RIGHTWARDS ARROW AT LEFT" etc.

    Each company independently interprets and designs their emojis.

  • Apple's stance

    Apple's push against violent emojis

    Apple's push against violent emojis
  • Apple has regularly pushed against the left-wing pressure when it comes to emojis.

    In 2014, it was revealed that Apple had initially blocked the "gun, bomb and knife from even showing up on OS X Yosemite", well after they had showcased on the iPhone.

    Also, Apple was the first company to successfully introduce the most diverse emojis, eventually launching the skin-tone emojis available today.

  • 20 Jun 2016

    Apple blocks the rifle emoji

    Apple blocks the rifle emoji
  • Apple blocked the launch of the rifle emoji that was to be a part of the 2017 launch.

    The rifle emoji was a part of a set of new icons depicting winter sports like the biathlon, which fuses cross-country skiing and shooting at a target.

    However, both Apple and Microsoft showed uneasiness at the proposal to introduce a rifle emoji in Unicode's latest batch.

  • Data

    New emojis set to feature in 2017

  • As a part of the 2017 new emoji launch, the ones that will come out are chopsticks, curling stones, and dumplings.

  • 02 Aug 2016

    Apple replaces gun emoji with a toy gun

    Apple replaces gun emoji with a toy gun
  • Apple has replaced its handgun emoji with a water pistol.

    This comes in the wake of the growing violence and reflects "growing despair in America and worldwide over gun crime."

    The change will come into force in September.

    Apple will also release 100 new emojis including "a rainbow flag, female athletes, police officers and construction workers and single-parent families."

  • 06 Aug 2016

    Microsoft update to introduce a more real gun as emoji

    Microsoft update to introduce a more real gun as emoji
  • Microsoft revealed that changing its present "ray gun emoji to a revolver in the brand-new Windows 10 Anniversary Update."

    This news comes a few days after Apple decided to replace the more real revolver emoji with a water gun.

    Commenting on the change, Microsoft said the emojis for the Windows 10 anniversary update "needed to feel more human, more personal, more expressive".

  • 25 Mar 2017

    Facebook Messenger gets thumbs-down emojis, reactions and mentions

    Facebook Messenger gets thumbs-down emojis, reactions and mentions
  • Facebook has finally introduced the long-awaited thumbs-down emoji option, but only on its Messenger.

    Newly released features on the chatting platform also include reactions, which were introduced not long ago on Facebook.

    Users can also now use '@' to tag people in a group conversation. Reactions and mentions will also be rolled out for Facebook's official communication platform, Work Chat in Workplace.

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