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Are people still complaining about the icon change that has no functional differences whatsoever? Star, heart, whatever, it saves the tweet in a list for later

Are people still complaining about the icon change that has no functional differences whatsoever? Star, heart, whatever, it saves the tweet in a list for later access.

lotyrin 11y ago
There is a pretty big semantic difference, that the OP explains very thoroughly. Could you explain how you disagree?
- Karunamon 11y ago
  I'm not clear on what the semantic difference is between favoriting and liking. Publicly doing either carries a connotation of approval, and the function is unchanged. Is anyone really, actually, demonstrably confused by this change?
  - Nadya 11y ago
    Facebook added options to their "Like" button because "Liking" a post about your best friends' husband dying isn't something many people felt comfortable with doing even with understanding what "liking" something does. I've favorited nothing since the heart change. Because many of the things I favorite are not things I "love" - which is what the heart implies. >Is anyone really, actually, demonstrably confused by this change? I'm confused why they felt the need to change it at all. So you can lump me in with people being actually, demonstrably confused.
    - Karunamon 11y ago
      I've favorited nothing since the heart change. Why? You know what the function does, and the way you worded your comment implies that there are still things you want to like/favorite, so why not?
      - lukaslalinsky 11y ago
        Imagine the icon would change to a skull, or some kind of symbolic cross, without changing the functionality at all. Do you think people would use it as before? The heart icon implies a certain emotion, and many people feel that emotion to be stronger than what they feel towards the tweet.
nanny 11y ago
You're not thinking about the user. Star is the symbol for bookmark in many, many places, including all major browsers (except Safari). Is there a list of my Facebook likes for later access? I don't know, I've never even thought about it before because I don't "like" things that I want to access later, I do it to show others that I like the post.

Are people still complaining about the icon change that has no functional differences whatsoever? Star, heart, whatever, it saves the tweet in a list for later access.

lotyrin 11y ago

There is a pretty big semantic difference, that the OP explains very thoroughly. Could you explain how you disagree?

Karunamon 11y ago
I'm not clear on what the semantic difference is between favoriting and liking. Publicly doing either carries a connotation of approval, and the function is unchanged. Is anyone really, actually, demonstrably confused by this change?
- Nadya 11y ago
  Facebook added options to their "Like" button because "Liking" a post about your best friends' husband dying isn't something many people felt comfortable with doing even with understanding what "liking" something does. I've favorited nothing since the heart change. Because many of the things I favorite are not things I "love" - which is what the heart implies. >Is anyone really, actually, demonstrably confused by this change? I'm confused why they felt the need to change it at all. So you can lump me in with people being actually, demonstrably confused.
  - Karunamon 11y ago
    I've favorited nothing since the heart change. Why? You know what the function does, and the way you worded your comment implies that there are still things you want to like/favorite, so why not?
    - lukaslalinsky 11y ago
      Imagine the icon would change to a skull, or some kind of symbolic cross, without changing the functionality at all. Do you think people would use it as before? The heart icon implies a certain emotion, and many people feel that emotion to be stronger than what they feel towards the tweet.

nanny 11y ago

You're not thinking about the user. Star is the symbol for bookmark in many, many places, including all major browsers (except Safari). Is there a list of my Facebook likes for later access? I don't know, I've never even thought about it before because I don't "like" things that I want to access later, I do it to show others that I like the post.