Twitter testing new emoji reactions for your timeline

Twitter has started testing new emoji reactions for users in Turkey for a limited time.

As reported by Engadget:

Other than some developer tests, Twitter has only ever offered you one way to react to tweets: the classic heart "Like" emoji and prior to 2015, the "Favorite" star button. Now, the social media network might be finally expanding that range as it's testing a new feature called "Reactions" with additional emoji over the coming days.

For a limited time users in Turkey will be able to use four new emojis alongside the like heart, "tears of joy," "thinking face," "clapping hands" and "crying face." Twitter reportedly says it's looking for emojis that "are universally recognizable and represent what people want to express about Tweets." Using surveys and research it has whittled it down to four, and that whilst some people revealed they also wanted to express frustration and anger at tweets, they decided not to include a disagree or dislike emoji. In fact, Twitter wants the opposite and hopes the new more positive emojis will drive "healthy public conversations" and give people a better idea of how their Tweets are being received. The new emojis will be available for a limited time only on iOS, Android, and the web, and only in Turkey. Twitter does however say that it might expand the test based on how it goes.

Twitter has this week also announced a new communities feature it is testing, which will let you tweet to like-minded people with similar interests in spaces that include moderators and rules.