It was summer 2007. Facebook was three years old and growing at a heady pace. Originally for college students, it had opened to the public the previous fall. Now it had 30 million users. What it ...

The instinct to ‘like’ is not at all new. You have probably not given a moment to thinking about the origin and impact of the familiar “like” button, but it’s pressed more times per day than there are ...

Meta to Retire Its Iconic ‘Like’ and ‘Comment’ Plugins from Websites by February 2026 Your email has been sent The internet’s most recognizable thumbs-up is about to disappear from everywhere but ...

The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it or not, the button has served as a creative ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The internet wouldn’t ...

YouTube fixed a bug that caused the thumbs-up ‘Like’ icon to disappear. YouTube fixed a bug that caused the thumbs-up ‘Like’ icon to disappear. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...

Get ready to hit that like button and follow your coworkers. Get ready to hit that like button and follow your coworkers. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Like Pokémon, it’s fun to try and snatch up every new custom like button in YouTube’s redesign. One user put together an animated list of every new icon. Part of YouTube’s broader new design on ...

YouTube is rolling out a new set of features for better mobile-based playback, song search and creator-friendly tools, including a feature that will highlight the “like and subscribe” buttons when a ...