"Where's the 'dislike' button?"

How often have you read that on Facebook?

Facebook Engineering, ever-responsive, has, a mere 12 year after its inception, released options other than "Like." As of this morning, the social media giant rolled out new ways to express the vast range of human emotions one might feel when reading a Facebook post: "Love", "Haha", "Wow", "Sad" and "Angry." 

To access the buttons, hover your cursor over the "Like" button, represented by a new, more-emoji-like button.

So, no "Dislike" button yet, but hope springs eternal.

This article appears in Feb 18-24, 2016.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...