Facebook’s “Like” Button Used To Be The “Awesome” Button

"The concept of "liking" things is very old, likely older than the words we use to describe it..." -- Facebook Engineer Andrew Bosworth We can't get enough of Quora these days, basically because it connects people who have information to people who need it, and especially to those that didn't think they needed it. One of the things you thought you didn't need to know? That the Facebook "Like" button started out its life as the "Awesome" button.