Facebook Coronavirus Emojis

Social media has almost become the single source of human connection during this pandemic. Facebook has enabled you to show that you care in the quirkiest of ways. The new ‘care’ emoji is made available for the main platform. The Beating Purple Heart emoji makes it way to the Facebook messenger. There are been announcements from the company amidst the huge amount of online activity. Do these emojis warrant a post on our blog? They certainly do and you will know the reasons why in little time.In this post we will look at the significance of every new Facebook emoji released during this time.

Desperately feel the need to hug during this pandemic? Facebook gives you the way to do so. Get back to giving those reassuring hugs that keeps us going. The new feel good reaction is all you need in these testing times. Surrounding yourself with positivity is the smartest thing to do right now on social media. On messengers, users can toggle to a purple vibrating heart. That definitely does the trick when the regular heart feels short. The reactions on this social media platform usually capture the full range of emotions and it doesn’t fail this time too.

The new ‘care’ emoji

Facebook enables you to send the perfect hug during this pandemic. The social media platform introduced the new 'care' emoji earlier this year. It is the newest as well as the cutest addition to their smiley collection. This new Facebook emoji was introduced to express support for frontline workers who are working day and night in the COVID days. The 'care' emoji looks a smiley face hugging a huge red heart. It does make us feel the warmth and love on the inside. Several enterprises have shown gestures or their unconditional support for frontline workers including sanitation workers, medical professionals and law informant forces. 2020 has been the harshest of years in this millennium and for our generation. We haven't encountered a pandemic of this scale in the last 100 years of recorded history. The worst part is we still aren't past it yet. Little gestures like this really mean a lot though their impact is subtle.

Beating Purple Heart emoji

In addition to the new 'care' emoji, Facebook has also introduced the new Beating Purple Heart emoji. It was introduced months after the new 'care' emoji started appearing on the site. The users will see a unique pulsating heart reaction when you use it. As mentioned, the heart is purple in color. It should be symbolizing recovery from illness. There are no official announcements from the company regarding that. This emoji looks and feels more along the lines of health and wellness. A clear indication of health can be felt in this emoji. It is best suited to send to someone recovering from the novel corona virus. In such a way it clearly communicates the message, it intends to. With nearly 25 million infected victims and over 20 million survivors, this emoji will surely come to a great use. These are the type of tiny cute things that boosts someone's mood instantly. In the right situation these emoted indications mean a lot to the receiver.

Extended collection of emojis on Facebook

Fidju Simo, head of the Facebook app told USA TODAY that their new emoji is a sign of care and solidarity during these tough times. It looks a nice gesture during a status, comment, photo or video. Such reaction options are easy to come by and will be used extensively by Facebook users. These COVID emojis on Facebook joins their big collection of reaction options. Besides these, Facebook has classic reactions like heart, shock, despair, anger and thumbs up. Such reactions are available since their launch in 2015. These reactions are what made Facebook to be continuously the cool site among youth and seniors alike. The new combination of reactions will surely provide users with additional ways to express support for frontline workers as well as those infected by the novel corona virus. The pandemic situation has worsened to the point that we are witnessing victims in every region, city, town and neighborhood.

Announcement and Public reactions

These two emojis were unveiled by the Facebook communications manager, Alexandru Voica in a tweet on April 17, 2020. He stated that these new ‘care’ reactions are launched ‘on Facebook app and Messenger’. It was clearly stated that it’s intended to share support to one another during these testing times. It is also meant to become additional ways of showing support during this pandemic. The emojis were met with awe and appreciation from the masses. Nevertheless, it was also subjected to ridicule by a section of users. Some felt that the emoji looked like a giant Valentine’s stuffed bear hugging a red heart. The tech site, Search Engine Journal said that theBeating Purple Heart emoji looked much like the old Warner Bros cartoon logo. Criticisms of this sort are very common in the tech world. Nevertheless, it could have been avoided, especially in the times of stress and confusion.

Online is the new reality

In this time of medical emergency, online interactions through social media websites is becoming a major source of human connection. With this in mind, Facebook has introduced these COVID related emojis. These emojis are available on their website as well as app. People can express their support for frontline workers via these little gestures. The company is gradually rolling out more of these emojis and will continue to do so. None in this planet is really sure when the coast would be clear. Interestingly, these newly released emojis are not appearing for everyone. It shows up right away for some people. The rest of the Facebook population only sees them after a period of time. Whether it is a bug or something deliberate is only up to speculation. The 'care' emoji consisting of a yellow smiley holding a red heart has been a hit with the masses. It surely looks majestic on the main FB platform.

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