Facebook Messenger is basically Slack now
Instead, the company is taking two features straight out of Slack's playbook with the addition emoji-laden reactions and mentions.
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Included in that group is a "thumbs down" emoji, which is probably the closest we'll ever get to an actual "dislike" button on Facebook. (The social network says the thumbs down represents a "no" reaction.)
Adding a reaction to a message will also trigger a notification to the person who sent the original message, so get ready for a lot more push notifications if you're using reactions in a group thread with a lot of participants.
Speaking of new push notifications, Facebook is also adding Slack-like @-mentions, so you can "call out" specific people in a chat. When you use mentions in Messenger, the person who you mentioned will get a different type of push notification letting them know (thankfully, Facebook is letting you disable these.)
In addition to Messenger, Facebook is also bringing the new features to its own Slack competitor, Work Chat, the messaging tool inside Work Place, the social network's business communication tool.
Both mentions and reactions are launching now, with a full rollout expected to be finished in the next couple days, the company says.
