Soon Facebook users will be able to post more expressive status updates with a range of emoticons and pre-formatted emotions.
Facebook is
reportedly testing a new status composer that will allow users to
include emoticons in their status updates. The move is expected to help
the social networking site increase the user engagement.
TechCrunch reports Facebook's
new visual status composer will allow users to choose from feeling,
reading, watching, listening to, drinking or eating. Then users can pick
from the given options. Here's some of the options that will appear:
The site speculates the visual status
updates will help the company overshadow emoticons apps such as Line,
Path and GetGlue. Also, the move could help Facebook woo more
advertisers. By choosing the current activity, Facebook advertisers
could use the data for their 'action specific ad targeting'.
“It’s just a new way for people to
visually represent what they’re doing and how they’re feeling through
their Facebook posts. It will only be available to small set of people.
This isn’t integrated into Graph Search. It’s just a small test to see
if people are interested in sharing their actions in a more visual way,”
TechCrunch quotes Facebook as saying.
Facebook hasn't changed its status
composer much over the months albeit it recently started asking new
questions such as 'How are you Doing', 'How's it going','Write
something' than the traditional 'What's on your mind'. Status updates
with emoticons is likely to see positive response from users, especially
those who like to be more expressive on the social networking site.
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