Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read
Copy, Modify, Paste
The applause icon is definitely a new addition, it’s almost (nay) it is a direct copy of the “thumbs up, heart, haha, wow, crying and angry” reaction icons from the Facebook live video feature to show the poster that they have live audience it works and makes sense there, but here it is ridiculous and pointless!
But I wonder if it creates some kind of feeling of accomplishment for the poster.
After all Medium is a Twitter product and both Facebook and Twitter copy each other’s features.
