Facebook Testing Detailed Emoticons In The Status Update Box
In the past few months, Facebook has been using the status update box to ask about users' favorite Halloween candy and to inquire about their holiday plans. Now it's taking that process to the next step, as TechCrunch reports that Facebook is testing emoticons within the status update prompt. Now when users say that they're feeling happy or chowing down on pasta, they can have smiley faces or forks accompanying their posts, and detail more specifically what they're doing.
In the past few months, Facebook has been using the status update box to ask about users’ favorite Halloween candy and to inquire about their holiday plans. Now it’s taking that process to the next step, as TechCrunch reports that Facebook is testing emoticons within the status update prompt. Now when users say that they’re feeling happy or chowing down on pasta, they can have smiley faces or forks accompanying their posts, and detail more specifically what they’re doing.
When select users click to post status updates, a box appears right below the normal prompt space that asks, “What are you doing?” Once users click that, they have the chance to enter in several actions, such as feeling, watching, reading, listening to, eating, and drinking.
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