There’s a new reaction on Facebook to offer users a chance to react to their friends’ posts by showing them how ‘thankful’ they are which is why you will have been seeing purple flowers on your timeline.
The reaction, which started to crop up on Facebook last week, may look familiar, with the same flower having appeared around this time last year. This is because the emoji has been added to celebrate Mother’s Day in America, and around 80 other countries, which falls on today’s date.
British users will have noticed that we don’t get the option to react to posts with the flower, although other people’s thankful reactions are still visible to Facebook users in the UK.
The “thankful” reaction has returned as a temporary option to allow users across the Atlantic to show thanks for their mums on the big day.
Facebook said: “In honour of Mother’s Day, we are testing the ability for people in a few markets to leave a flower reaction.”
The reaction has proved popular in the countries where it is available, with US users excitedly flooding posts with the little flower.
Recently, Facebook has also been experimenting with reactions by rolling out the ability for users to react to comments as well as posts.
