{"id":29587,"date":"2017-03-28T18:01:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T10:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29587"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:20:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:20:45","slug":"facebook-message-reactions-mentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-message-reactions-mentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Facebook Messenger Reactions and Mentions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the coming weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-messenger-instant-games\/\">Facebook\u2019s Messenger app<\/a>, as well as Work Chat in Workplace, <strong>will be receiving an update<\/strong> that would bring<strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2017\/03\/introducing-message-reactions-and-mentions-for-messenger\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two new functionalities<\/a><\/strong> for the chat app that are targeted towards group chats.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the two new functionalities is <strong>Message Reactions<\/strong>, a feature that <strong>allows users to react to a message a la Facebook comments<\/strong>. Once the update goes live, tapping and holding a message will cause a box to appear, <strong>housing a number of reactions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-messenger-tips-and-tricks\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 Facebook Messenger Tips and Tricks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Facebook Messenger Tips and Tricks<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/facebook-messenger-tips-and-tricks.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-50403 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/facebook-messenger-tips-and-tricks.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 Facebook Messenger Tips and Tricks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook is the most popular social media app in the world and its messaging app the Facebook Messenger...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-message-reactions-mentions\/01-tap-and-hold.jpg\" width=\"489\" height=\"960\" alt=\"tap and hold images\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Tapping on a reaction will cause you to attach it to the message involved<\/strong>, after which everyone else will be able to see it. The original <strong>author of the message will also receive a notification<\/strong> about the reaction.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-message-reactions-mentions\/02-receive-notifications.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"receive notifications\"><\/figure>\n<p>The second functionality that will be coming to Messenger is <strong>\"Mentions\"<\/strong>. Similar to the system that can be found on the Facebook-owned WhatsApp, <strong>Mentions would allow Messenger users to highlight a specific individual<\/strong> in a group chat by using the <strong>\"@\"<\/strong> symbol. Much like the Message Reactions, <strong>users that are mentioned will receive a notification about it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-message-reactions-mentions\/03-highlight-individuals.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"highlight-individuals\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the coming weeks, Facebook\u2019s Messenger app, as well as Work Chat in Workplace, will be receiving an update that would bring two new functionalities for the chat app that are targeted towards group chats. 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