Proposal: Install Discourse Reactions Plugin

Everyone will get a chance to suggest their favorites.

It might also be useful to create some guidelines around generally agreed upon interpretations. For example, I’ve long held that the heart/like means Thank you for sharing rather than I agree with you, but I even have trouble liking some posts.

Similarly, I would probably use the puke emoji to express This makes me sick rather than You make me sick.

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Sounds good to me!

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I have to confirm the need for the puke emoji. The Elon Musk thread demands it.

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Every reaction a puke emoji reaction…

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Another guideline:
Sometimes people fumble the reaction. Always give the benefit of doubt instead of assuming.
Example of my own clumsiness: hitting the laugh when I meant to hit the cuss/angry

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I suppose I should mention my old suggestion…

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This, so much this. I know I’ve done it…

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I see ‘negative’ emojis as being a necessary semantic thing, once you’ve got more than just “yes” (which is what the heart basically is).

It’s like French si or German doch: the ability to agree with a negative question. Like, with English and its binary agreement, if you’re asked “haven’t you started yet?”, what does it mean if you say “yes.”? Does it mean “yes I have started, your presumption that I haven’t is wrong”, or “yes, your presumption is correct, I have not started”?

Similar sort of concept, I think, with the mythical Puke Emoji. When someone posts something which is broken, wrong, or sick, and you react with something positive, that can feel like you’re agreeing with the content, not the presentation of it as a bad thing. A negative react is a more unambiguous “I do not like this”.

It comes down to context, but this is a communication medium, and everything comes down to context.

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You rock!!

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On the other hand, a negative reaction could also be ambiguous as to whether you’re reacting to the content or the presentation.

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There’s always ambiguity. If nothing else, sarcasm exists.

I interpret a heart, when it’s the only option, as “I appreciate you telling me this, whether or not I like what it is you told me”. Sometimes it also means “I like this thing you told me”, but it doesn’t have to.

Once you’ve got options, then you’ve got nuance: "Thank you for telling me this thing which is worthy of celebration :tada: ", or "thank you for telling me this thing which angers me :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: ".

It’s like, the negative reactions are like si and doch: “I agree with you, this is bad”.

But it’s complex, as semantics and language always are.

I think the upshot is that the reacts have no intrinsic meaning, they have the meaning that develops from use and context. If the community uses them consistently in the sense of “Thank you for telling me this thing which reactions me”, then that’s the meaning they’ll have.

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Oh, yes, I got this too.
Any post more than about five lines deep and the text you type disappears unless you scroll down.
(Easy on a laptop - use the down button. Don’t know how you’d achieve this on a phone).

Also on laptop, when ready to post, the only part of the little blue “post” button that works is the far left.
(Would that were real life, eh?)

ETA “Reply” button, not “post” button.
Tho, to be fair, the twatting thing was covered up!
:wink:

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This is another issue that I chalked up to being on Linux/Firefox.

As I mentioned elsewhere, I’m a few versions behind. I’ll try to get that updated soonish to see if it helps.

If either of these issues are related to custom CSS, it might be worth trying a different theme to see if that changes anything.

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It is honestly nothing urgent.
I think you are going to have enough work to do in the coming couple of days / weeks.

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You can probably tell I’m quite new to emojis.

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I look forward to using the jellyfish and jazz-hands once more.

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I’m also partial to amorous jellyfish over party popper. It just has more uses.

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Best I can do on short notice:

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Oh, not amorous jellyfish AS a party popper.

Oops :grimacing:

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Perfect example of when a like/heart just doesn’t suffice anymore! :joy:

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:wink::+1:

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Puke emoji ftw

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