Like it or not, the button has served as a creative catalyst, a dopamine delivery system and an emotional battering ram. It also became an international tourist attraction after Facebook plastered ...

The Like button also has created an epidemic of emotional problems, especially among adolescents, who feel forlorn if their posts are ignored and narcissists whose egos feast on the positive feedback.

By 2007, Facebook engineers had been tinkering with a Like button, but Zuckerberg opposed it because he feared the social network was already getting too cluttered and, Reeves said, “is he didn ...

The like button has changed how we relate, communicate, transact and create. It also disrupted one industry, advertising; and fueled the growth of another, social media.

When you’re redesigning the Like button, which appears on over 7.5 million websites, the details count. Every pixel you change, color you swap, and drop-shadow you alter will get seen 22 billion ...

“Because the icon in the Like button is only 14×14 pixels, and that’s a really small area to make the F look nice,” he says. “Zoom into that F.

Facebook has turned its "like" button pink for users in the U.S. ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday. This week, some U.S. users reported that their like button had changed from its usual blue circle ...

A new book, “Like: The Button That Changed The World," delves into the convoluted story behind a symbol that's become both the manna and bane of a digitally driven society.