THERE’S a new reaction popping up all over Facebook, but do you know what the cheery little flower is all about?

The emoji, a flower with purple petals, offers users a chance to react to their friends’ posts by showing them how “thankful” they are.

The reaction, which started to crop up on Facebook last week, may look familiar, with the same flower having appeared around this time last year.

That’s because the emoji has been added to celebrate Mother’s Day in America, and around 80 other countries, which falls on today’s date.

The “thankful” reaction has duly returned as an option to allow our friends across the Atlantic to show thanks for their mums on the big day.

Facebook users in selected areas can use the reaction to show their gratitude on Mother’s Day
Facebook said: “In honour of Mother’s Day, we are testing the ability for people in a few markets to leave a flower reaction.”

British users will have noticed that we don’t get the option to react to posts with the flower, although other people’s thankful reactions are still visible to Facebook users in the UK.

The flower is only available in a few countries
The reaction has proved popular in the countries where it is available, with US users excitedly flooding posts with the little flower.

Thankful joins the six existing reaction options – like, love, haha, wow, sad and angry – as a way to express your response to your friends’ updates.

However, it’s not clear how long the flower will be available for.

Recently, Facebook has been experimenting with reactions by rolling out the ability for users to react to comments as well as posts.

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