Backhand Index Pointing Left: Medium Skin Tone on Facebook

What it signals here

reaction meaning

Older users sometimes use it to point at shared links or to direct friends to content in the same post.

comment use

Used in comments to refer back to a previous commenter's point, as in '@Name said it 👈🏽'

boomer interpretation

Often used literally to indicate direction in a shared map image or event location post.

group use

In Facebook groups, members use it to highlight a pinned post, rule, or a specific reply in a thread.

See it elsewhere