Apparently the change in Twitter from a "star" for "favorite" to a "heart" for "like" is either the cleverest thing ever done in the history of social media, or the stupidest thing ever done in the history of social media. At least to judge from my reading this morning.
(Frankly, I blame it on low Democratic turn-out, which seems to be the root of all sorts of shenanigans. But I digress.)
Anyway, if you are really cheesed at now having to click on a heart, the post below lets you change it back to a star, or choose a beer mug, or a donut, or any other emoji. I haven't quite mustered the will to care this morning, but I will say that clicking on a slice of pizza or a martini glass does have a certain charm.
How To Replace Twitter’s Dumb Heart With the Emoji of Your Choice
Twitter did a silly thing today. It took away its neutral star icon and turned it into a smarmy heart. Turns out, it’s extremely easy to replace that heart. Let me help you.
And in the comments, yet another 'There are children starving in Africa comment'. Like we should only be concerned with what he thinks is important. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_relative_privation
I did find it funny how some dudes (it seemed like nearly all dudes who had a problem with this) seemed not merely annoyed, but downright threatened, like the heart was forcibly stripping their masculinity away.
😍💏💋💖🎀
Why would I care?