the like button was introduced on facebook on february 24, 2016.
the like button was introduced on facebook on february 24, 2016.
when was the like button introduced on facebook?
february 24, 2016
the facebook like button is a feature on the social networking website facebook. it was first enabled on february 9, 2009. the like button enables users to easily interact with status updates, comments, photos and videos, links shared by friends, and advertisements. once clicked by a user, the designated content appears in the news feeds of that user's friends, and the button also displays the number of other users who have liked the content, including a full or partial list of those users. the like button was extended to comments in june 2010. after extensive testing and years of questions from the public about whether it had an intention to incorporate a "dislike" button, facebook officially rolled out "reactions" to users worldwide on february 24, 2016, letting users long-press on the like button for an option to use one of five pre-defined emotions, including "love", "haha", "wow", "sad", or "angry". reactions were also extended to comments in may 2017, and had a major graphical overhaul in april 2019.
facebook like button
the like button is one of facebook's social plug-ins, which are features for websites outside facebook as part of its open graph. speaking at the company's f8 developer conference on april 21, 2010, the day of the launch, ceo mark zuckerberg said "we are building a web where the default is social". the like button is implemented similarly to an advertising network, in that as more sites participate, facebook is given a vast amount of information about who visits which websites and when. when loading a website that has the like button enabled, the user's web browser connects to facebook's servers, which record which website was visited, and by what user.
facebook like button