A couple of days ago, Twitter announced that they would be switching from the familiar favourite icon (a star) to a like icon (a heart).
You can say a lot with a heart. Introducing a new way to show how you feel on Twitter: https://t.co/WKBEmORXNW pic.twitter.com/G4ZGe0rDTP
— Twitter (@twitter) November 3, 2015
Naturally, the Internet exploded, because we all must let the world know how we feel about a heart icon. Some people liked it.
I’ll go against the grain here: Star was indeed confusing. Took me years to start using “star as like”. Like is much clearer. @Twitter .
— DHH (@dhh) November 3, 2015
I like the instead of the on Twitter
— Jamie Fort (@JamieDFort) November 3, 2015
While others were just pissed.
I insist the #hearts are changed to mini Death Stars.
— DarthVader_No1™ (@Burnt_Out_Darth) November 3, 2015
Twitter is no place for hearts. It should remain a cold universe of stars. #heartsontwitter #heartgate
— Natalie Morin (@nbmorin) November 3, 2015
While some voiced an opinion that’s probably relevant to social media in general.
Hearts and likes are great, but when will Twitter give us a “Yeah, I guess that Tweet was okay” button?
— waitwait (@waitwait) November 3, 2015
Anyway, the point is, you don’t have to stick to that heart shape if you don’t want to. Yeah, you could use a nice, big pile of poop to show your appreciation for someone’s tweet. Or a donut, whatever floats your boat.
Here’s how:
1. Download the Stylish extension for your Chrome or Firefox browser.
2. Once you’ve got it, open Stylish and paste the following code into the main window:
.HeartAnimationContainer{
visibility: hidden;
}
.HeartAnimationContainer:after{
content: ‘?’;
visibility: visible;
display: block;
position: absolute;}
3. Fill in the emoji of your choice between the ‘ ‘ after content.
4. Add ‘twitter.com’ into the ‘Applies to’ field below the code. It should look like this:
