Twitter’s core users didn’t take kindly to the switch from star-shaped “favorites” to heart-shaped “likes.” Would emoji options help?
Earlier this month, Twitter stirred the pot by trading its star-shaped “favorite” button for a more au courant heart icon, which now denotes a “like.” The move was meant to simplify Twitter’s interface and more closely align it with social networks like Instagram—but it’s possible you’ve since been more frugal about dispensing likes on Twitter. Tweaking the terminology is one thing, but a heart? It feels a lot weightier to “heart” something than to “star” it, and much like the like button on Facebook, a heart isn’t quite an appropriate response to negative posts.
