Twitter is working on Facebook-like reactions for tweets

NEW DELHI: Micro-blogging giant, Twitter, is taking a page out of rival Facebook’s book. According to reverse engineering expert, Jane Manchun Wong, the company will introduce tweet reactions, extending them beyond the ‘like’ option. Wong says the company is working on introducing options like “Cheer”, “Hmm”, “Sad” and “Haha”. It’s unclear when the feature will be rolled out.

Reactions were first introduced by Facebook over four years ago. They have since been copied by other platforms, including Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. While Twitter’s ‘sad’ and ‘haha’ options are the same as you see on Facebook, ‘hmm’ and ‘cheer’ are its own. LinkedIn too has its own reactions, like “celebrate”, “support” and more.