Facebook nixes 'feeling fat' emoticon

March 15, 2015 at 7:00PM

Facebook nixes 'feeling fat'

How are you "feeling" on Facebook? When it comes to the social network's emoticons, "fat" is no longer an option. This week, Facebook decided to nix the "feeling fat" option after a digital uproar — including a successful Change.org petition — called the status update insensitive. The change surely left protesters "feeling ecstatic" (yes, there is an emoticon for that, too).

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