New changes to Facebook Like Button
Facebook has released changes to their very popular Facebook like button.
1. Login Not Required
A person no-longer needs to be logged into Facebook to LIKE content. If they are not logged in the icon just changes to a thumbs up but if they are logged in they will get the option to share it on Facebook.
2. Design Change
The button has changed to a more compact version.
It was: 
Now its: 
3. Unlike
With the design change comes a small change to how a person can Unlike content they have previously Liked.
It was: 
Now its a little less obvious with the person having to mouse over the button 
before they get the option to Unlike.
If not logged in: 
Logged in:
Benefits
With these changes come the following benefits:
• More people liking content even those that don’t have a Facebook account
• Less people Unliking content
• Compact button resulting in a less cluttered design
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