Twitter is engaged on including emoji reactions to tweets, just like those accessible on Facebook, in accordance with screenshots shared by reverse engineering knowledgeable Jane Manchun Wong. The microblogging web site may embody emoji reactions resembling Likes, Cheer, Hmm, Sad, and Haha. The emoji reactions are at the moment below growth, and a few reactions within the screenshot, particularly Cheer and Sad had been proven to be utilizing a placeholder Heart emoji. Reactions to posts are additionally accessible on different social media platforms like LinkedIn.
The emoji reactions had been noticed by reverse engineering knowledgeable Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane), who posted a screenshot on Twitter. The emojis look just like those made accessible by Facebook on its platform. While the Haha and Sad emoji reactions are just like the Facebook ones, Twitter may additionally embody Hmm (makes-you-think) and Cheer emoji response. There appears to be no Angry emoji response coming to Twitter.
“We’re always exploring additional ways for people to express themselves in conversations happening on Twitter. We’ll keep you posted,” Twitter stated in an e mail to Gadgets 360 about when it plans to introduce the brand new emoji reactions on the platform.
Twitter had earlier offered a preview of those emoji reactions, by way of a survey it performed again in March 2021.
In different Twitter-related information, the microblogging web site not too long ago stopped accepting new purposes for account verification that it had re-launched on May 20. Twitter had suspended the service again in 2017. Verified accounts get a blue badge on their profile to assist it stand out from different profiles. Various accounts can request a verification badge embody activists, influencers, journalists, information organisations, authorities officers, and extra. Accounts requesting the verification badge must be full, i.e. they need to comprise a profile identify, profile image, and both a confirmed e mail deal with or cellphone quantity.
Twitter can be reportedly beta testing a brand new font household referred to as Chirp. It was first introduced in January 2021 and, in accordance with customers, Twitter has began rolling out the font to its Web customers. It can be speculated that the social media large might have launched the font for different platforms as effectively. The new fonts are Chirp Black, Chirp Bold, and Chirp Regular – a part of the Chirp Sans household.
