The awkward semantics of Facebook reactions

Q2 Computer Science

First Monday Pub Date : 2023-08-12 DOI:10.5210/fm.v28i8.13157

John C. Paolillo

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Abstract

Facebook originally had a single reaction feature, like, which was updated in 2016 with five other options, and again in 2020 with a sixth. The intended meanings of these features remains unclear: they are both constrained in expressive range and potentially confused with one another. This study examines the distribution of these reactions across seven samples of Facebook posts to evaluate their potential meanings and assess their comparability across contexts, in terms of three current approaches to interpreting social media meanings: engagement, sentiment, and face-work. The reactions’ distribution is complex and unstable across samples and the available aggregate data does not reveal face-work patterns which are otherwise readily observable. In conclusion, cautions are offered regarding interpreting quantitative analyses of reaction features.

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Facebook反应的尴尬语义

Facebook最初只有一个反应功能，比如，2016年更新了五个其他选项，2020年又增加了第六个选项。这些功能的预期含义仍然不清楚:它们都受到表达范围的限制，并且可能相互混淆。本研究考察了这些反应在7个Facebook帖子样本中的分布，以评估它们的潜在意义，并评估它们在不同背景下的可比性，根据目前解释社交媒体意义的三种方法:参与、情感和面部表情。这些反应在样品中的分布是复杂和不稳定的，而且现有的总体数据并没有揭示出表面工作模式，否则很容易观察到。总之，在解释反应特征的定量分析时需要注意。

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First Monday Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications

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