Because you have seen a heart before, but are too stupid to recognize a star.
Twitter is changing one of its core features. Something that has been around since 2006. It's taking away "favorites" and "stars" and replacing them with "likes" and "hearts."
Why? From its blog post:
We are changing our star icon for favorites to a heart and we'll be calling them likes. We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use, and we know that at times the star could be confusing, especially to newcomers. You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite.
The heart, in contrast, is a universal symbol that resonates across languages, cultures, and time zones. The heart is more expressive, enabling you to convey a range of emotions and easily connect with people. And in our tests, we found that people loved it.
Sure. OK. Here are some immediate thoughts:
No more hate faves.
On the other hand, there's something deliciously sneering about a hate-heart.
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You might be my favorite dental floss but I still don't like you.
Twitter is the place where people go to quickly catch up on everything. Earthquakes and hurricanes made Twitter what it is. So did awards shows and football games. Twitter is live. Good and bad and neutral.
Things float by in the stream. A flash in the ever-churning tide of ideas and links and bots and epiphanies and car chases and brand promotions and sports taunts and breaking news and jokes and hashtag games. It's something that stands out in the stream and you want to see again, but that you can't process now.
You don't always like these things.
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