Controversial opinions: the exploding Twitter hearts are better than the stupid favorite stars ever were

Twitter changed the favorite stars to little animated red hearts a few days ago and, of course, users lost their minds.

What is this CHANGE? they asked, readying their pitchforks hashtags and torches of trending topics.

Why have you taken this thing that was familiar to us and made it ever so slightly different? they railed, as if the very fate of the free world somehow rested on a minuscule change of icon that didn’t actually effect the functionality of the button in any way.

Won’t someone...