Reactions are here to stay. It will be very rare that a social or messaging app does not include this expressive way of communicating with others, and while we wait for WhatsApp to launch its reactions to everyone, we see another popular app that will join this trend.
Reactions are also coming to YouTubeeven if for the moment experimental
YouTube and its reactions
Reactions don’t go to comments but go directly to videos, so you can react to specific moments in a video and see the reactions of other users while the video is playing.
YouTube reports that it has started testing these timed reactions on a small number of channels to start the experiment, but they did not indicate on which channels or which videos we can already test the new reactions.
As YouTube reports, reactions will be shown in the video when we open the comments, and will be displayed anonymously. As the video plays, we’ll see how users reacted to see how the reactions appear on screen. To react we will only have to display the reaction menu that appears in the comments and press to react to the video.
YouTube started testing with six reactions/emojis, but they report that the amount of variety can change depending on the reception they have throughout the experiment. In its initial phase, users will be able to react with the following emojis: Crying with laughter, Heart, Face of shock/Shame, Confetti, 100, Question mark, Bulb/Idea and Horrified cat.
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