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Do not fill this in! === Like button === {{Further|Facebook like button}} [[File:Facebook advertising.jpg|thumb|Human billboard advertising Facebook Canberra in the City page at the [[National Multicultural Festival]]]]The "like" button, stylized as a "thumbs up" icon, was first enabled on February 9, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Kincaid|title=Facebook Activates "Like" Button; FriendFeed Tires Of Sincere Flattery|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/09/facebook-activates-like-button-friendfeed-tires-of-sincere-flattery/|website=[[TechCrunch]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701055146/https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/09/facebook-activates-like-button-friendfeed-tires-of-sincere-flattery/|url-status=live}}</ref> and enables users to easily interact with status updates, comments, photos and videos, links shared by friends, and advertisements. Once clicked by a user, the designated content is more likely to appear in friends' [[News Feed]]s.<ref>{{cite web|first=JP|last=Mangalindan|title=Facebook Likes don't go as far as they used to in News Feed update|url=http://mashable.com/2015/04/21/news-feed-facebook-likes/|website=[[Mashable]]|date=April 21, 2015|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019223547/https://mashable.com/2015/04/21/news-feed-facebook-likes/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Josh|last=Constine|title=How Facebook News Feed Works|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/06/ultimate-guide-to-the-news-feed/|website=[[TechCrunch]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=September 6, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129023716/https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/06/ultimate-guide-to-the-news-feed/|url-status=live}}</ref> The button displays the number of other users who have liked the content.<ref>{{cite web|title=Like and React to Posts|url=https://www.facebook.com/help/1624177224568554/|website=Facebook Help Center|publisher=Facebook|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106073457/https://www.facebook.com/help/1624177224568554|url-status=live}}</ref> The like button was extended to comments in June 2010.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chloe|last=Albanesius|title=Facebook Adds Ability to 'Like' Comments|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365190,00.asp|website=PC Magazine|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=June 17, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126091323/https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365190,00.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2016, Facebook expanded Like into "Reactions", choosing among five pre-defined emotions, including "Love", "Haha", "Wow", "Sad", or "Angry".<ref name="verge-reactions">{{cite web|first=Casey|last=Newton|title=Facebook rolls out expanded Like button reactions around the world|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/24/11094374/facebook-reactions-like-button|website=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=February 24, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214164910/https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/24/11094374/facebook-reactions-like-button|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first=Liz|last=Stinson|title=Facebook Reactions, the Totally Redesigned Like Button, Is Here|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/02/facebook-reactions-totally-redesigned-like-button|journal=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|date=February 24, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203233726/https://www.wired.com/2016/02/facebook-reactions-totally-redesigned-like-button/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Natt|last=Garun|title=Facebook reactions have now infiltrated comments|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/3/15536812/facebook-reactions-now-available-comments|website=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180635/https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/3/15536812/facebook-reactions-now-available-comments|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Cohen|title=Facebook Just Extended Reactions to Comments|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-reactions-comments/|website=[[Adweek]]|publisher=Beringer Capital|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221205130/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/facebook-reactions-comments/|url-status=live}}</ref> In late April 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], a new "Care" reaction was added.<ref name="Verge: Care button">{{cite web |last1=Lyles |first1=Taylor |title=Facebook adds a 'care' reaction to the like button 5 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/17/21224805/facebook-care-reaction-like-button-messenger-app |website=[[The Verge]] |date=April 17, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523223255/https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/17/21224805/facebook-care-reaction-like-button-messenger-app |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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