You Can **w Down Vote on Reddit With a Frown

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You Can **w Down Vote on Reddit With a Frown
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Clicking, typing and using a mouse — that's for chumps

That's why Reddit (http://mashable.com/category/reddit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) is introducing "Heddit (http://www.redditblog.com/2014/03/headdit-revolutionary-new-way-to-browse.html)" (it stands for "hand equivalent action detection"). You can **w upvote with smiles, downvote with frowns and look surprised to open links

See also: Google's April Fools' Jokes: Gmail Shelfie, Chrome Emojis and More (http://mashable.com/2014/04/01/google-april-fools-2014/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


It's facial recognition for the Internet obsessed allowing you to troll, search GIFs and contribute to subreddits with barely any work. It's basically the dream

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Unfortunately, it's also just Reddit's goofy version of an April Fools' Day (http://mashable.com/category/april-fools-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) prank. And here's the genius part, clicking on "Heddit" will turn on your computer's webcam (Google Chrome will ask you for camera access) and record as you make goofy facial expressions at your screen Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/01/reddit-heddit-april-fools/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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