Firefox on windoze for me, and I had trouble w/it last year.
I didn’t like the box’s blocking the post, but if I get my damn cursor off it, it goes away.
I felt so, y’know, D’OH!
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i always used the “thinking” emoji as a “huh, let me think about that” rather than i don’t believe you … like a head scratcher.
i hope i never made anyone think otherwise!
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Everyone here is just so fucking nice !!! I love it! 
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I’ll have to look at the documentation for the plugin to see what the possibilities are, but I’m not opposed to adjusting them based on feedback.
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If we can also get at vote going for the gif plugin for comments - is appreciated!
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I think the gif plugin might incur actual cost (licensing). At least, that’s what I read here earlier today (which feels like several months ago, with all the flurry of activity).
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Frankly, it was pretty buggy. I had given up on it returning meaningful gif search.
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I always liked it over on BB, because the person whose post was reacted to could see who reacted and how.
I post on another forum where their reaction system has been weaponised by the more toxic element, because there, the reactions are anonymised.
I ended up creating a ublock filter specifically for the reaction system in that case.
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My notes on how this was implemented over on the BBS:
- We really tried to choose an emoji set that would allow people to react to a post in a way that was unlikely to be a reflection of the poster, and instead a reflection of the content. As @Kii, @Nonentity and others pointed out above, we really tried to stay away from anything that would look like a
on a post, as that could easily be taken as a reflection of the poster rather than the post content.
I know that given the smaller scope and greater familiarity the community has with each other over here that this is less of an issue than a widely-public forum, but still something I’d suggest considering as you choose the emoji’s to add. I do think varieties in reactions really did add to the overall discussions though, and I would be very surprised if this didn’t become a mainstream discourse feature in short order regardless.
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Thank for the input, that’s very helpful. So far the voting has been overwhelmingly in favor of implementing the plugin. I need to check on whether or not the number of votes is enough that I can call it and move on to the next phase of selecting which emoji we should include.
- If you haven’t voted already, please do. If we reach a sufficient majority, I can be confident that we can close this vote and move on to the next item.
- If you’ve already voted, I would appreciate help in aggregating the list of requested emoji. I think it makes sense to include those that were available at BB as part of the proposed list since that’s what most people here will be familiar with. As I was not a regular there when the feature was implemented, I’m not familiar with the choices that were available there.
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These are some the reaction emoji used over there:
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Nice to see that again!
I wonder if 2 more can be added (probably needs 2 for symmetry). Pukies, and . . . Puppies?
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I’d be quite pleased with those and
Or 
. I think too many would be detrimental rather than enhancing
If the vote is called for yes, we could set up a poll with possibilities. All possibilities that get 75% or more YES can be what is included.
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We could trade the party popper for puke emoji?
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I like that idea. I always had a hard time deciding between the applause image and the party popper - they always sort of seemed to mean the same thing to me.
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Nooo! We cannot replace the amorous jellyfish!
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I never cared for it, but I guess we could have a puke emoji and another option?
Maybe 
for when something rocks.
(We will now spend a day doing stoopid emoji choices 
)
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