Do Facebook cmoticons get the thumbs up? BBC News Page i Do Facebook emoticons get the thumbs up? 9 October 2015 Have Your Say Love Facebook is changing the way we like posts. In addition to the blue thumbs up icon, Facebook is introducing a number of new emoticons. The new way to react to posts on the site will let users express love, laughter, happiness, shock, sadness and anger However as it's only a trial run you'l only be able to add a smiley face to a friend's status if you live in lreland or Spain. This comes after years of calls to Facebook's boss Mark Zuckerberg to add a dislike button. At the time he said he wanted people to be able to show empathy, but not to put down other people's posts. Unfortunately here in our offices in London we can't see if the new emoticons make you feel