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Meet Facebook's New Reaction Buttons: Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad, and Angry

Yesterday, Facebook started rolling out its "Reactions" buttons—the social media platform's much-buzzed-about non-Like buttons. Making their debut in Ireland and Spain, the Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad, and Angry emoji-ish options provide users the ability to react to news like losses, political rants, and puppies in a spectrum of emotion—beyond Facebook's classic thumbs-up. "Our goal is to show you the stories that matter most to you in News Feed," Facebook powers-that-be announced on its blog. "Initially, just as we do when someone likes a post, if someone uses a Reaction, we will infer they want to see more of that type of post. We will spend time learning from this initial rollout and iterate based on findings in the future." Take a first look at Spain and Ireland's new Facebook buttons right here: A photo posted by CNN en Espa??ol (@cnnee) on Oct 8, 2015 at 8:47am PDT A photo posted by CNNMoney (@cnnmoney) on Oct 8, 2015 at 11:18am PDT A photo posted by Infobae America (@infobaeamerica) on Oct 8, 2015 at 8:29am PDT Which Facebook Reaction do you think will become your most used?

Yesterday, Facebook started rolling out its "Reactions" buttons—the social media platform's much-buzzed-about non-Like buttons. Making their debut in Ireland and Spain, the Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad, and Angry emoji-ish options provide users the ability to react to news like losses, political rants, and puppies in a spectrum of emotion—beyond Facebook's classic thumbs-up.

"Our goal is to show you the stories that matter most to you in News Feed," Facebook powers-that-be announced on its blog. "Initially, just as we do when someone likes a post, if someone uses a Reaction, we will infer they want to see more of that type of post. We will spend time learning from this initial rollout and iterate based on findings in the future."

Take a first look at Spain and Ireland's new Facebook buttons right here:

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Which Facebook Reaction do you think will become your most used?