You can react to someone's status, picture or video with a range of different emojis, but some people have been confused as to why you'd want to react to a post with a purple flower.
Well, now the answer has been revealed.
The social networking site says it is bringing the emoji back after a brief appearance last year for Mother's Day and it seems people are big fans:
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The emoji has been titled as 'Thankful' by Facebook, which says in a statement: "In honour of Mother's Day, we are testing the ability for people in a few markets to leave a flower reaction."
Last year, Facebook introduced reactions on its posts; so alongside the good ol' thumbs-up 'like' button, users could also choose to click on 'Love', 'Haha', 'Wow', 'Sad' and 'Angry' reactions.
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It makes sense, because sometimes you want someone to know that you've acknowledged their post, but you don't necessarily want to 'like' the fact their dog just died.
Recently, Facebook extended that service so that you could react to individual people's comments. So, if your mate took the piss out of you on your status, you can now show them how upset you truly were with a 'sad' react. Because you were upset, weren't you?
A spokesperson from Facebook said in a statement: "We've heard from people they'd like more ways to show their reaction in conversations on Facebook, so we're rolling out the ability to react to comments."
It's not clear yet whether the social media site will roll out similar emojis like the 'Thankful' purple flower for other occasions like Father's Day or Christmas.
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