How to get Facebook's new Reactions to work

"How is everyone accessing these new Facebook Reactions? I just keep 'Like'-ing things like it's 2015."

Don't worry, you big dummy.

Here's how to access the new assortment of emotive reactions on desktop and mobile.

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Desktop

Open a new Facebook window in your browser
Head to a status you want to "react" to
Rather than clicking "Like", you just want to hover your mouse over the "Like" button

React away. Chances are if you're as acerbic as we are, you'll want to slide all the way along to "Angry" straight away, because we still haven't got a "Dislike" button

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Mobile

First, make sure you're running the latest version of the app. Head to your App Store/Google Play Store and check to see if it's queued up for an update
Open the app and head to a status you want to "react" to
A quick tap of "Like" will see you like the status in the 'old fashioned' way. To get the new reactions, you need to hold down the "Like" button
This will bring up the new reactions. You can then tap the preferred empathetic face you wish to display
Note that this option currently isn't available for individual comments. If a comment makes you angry, you're just going to have to outline your anger in words

David Cornish, based in London, was the former tech editor for Shortlist, and is currently a Content Manager at The Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication (CCX).