Not content with simply liking a status? Facebook is branching out and testing some new ways to react on its social network.

 

Never again will you be forced to choose between reacting to someone’s tale of woe with an inappropriate “like” or ignoring it altogether.

 

With Facebook Reactions, users will be able to add reactions such as “love”, “haha” and “yay” to items that appear on Facebook, while angry faces, sad emoticons and “wow” will also be at your fingertips. Irish users will get it first, with the new features being tested here and Spain before being made available to a wider audience.

 

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