Facebook Reactions don’t grant expressive freedom, they tighten the platform’s affective control. The range of human emotion is both vast and deep. We are tortured, elated, and ambivalent; we are bored and antsy and enthralled; we project and introspect and seek solace and seek solitude. Emotions are heavy, except when they’re light. So complex is … Continue reading Facebook Reactions and the Happiness Paradigm