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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Does anyone else think having emojis as a response to a comment/thread would be a neat addition instead of only upvote/downvote?

Reddit seemed to sorta do that with awards but thats not quite what I'm suggesting.

Something similar to GitHub for instance, except we keep the upvote downvote system as-is.

This would hopefully discourage the use of upvote/downvote as a "I like/dislike this" button while also adding the ability to more accurately express the emotion the post/comment illicited

Additionally, there are a lot of people who are mostly just lurkers and have no desire to post, but they want to be able to emote further then just a upvote/downvote but DON'T want to actually post a comment like "I love this" or "You're so right" or even just commenting an emoji, because making a comment is a whole extra action that makes them visible, opens up to comments or upvotes/downvotes.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eh, then they shouldn't have made many many decisions I disagree with and killed off my favorite app in the name of $$$

I didn't exactly want to leave reddit, but I can't stand what it's become. I like the format but hate the company.

You act like you think you're better then people simply because they do something you find annoying, that's not a great personality trait.

Also, I've been using forums of various types/formats for decades, it's not just a "reddit" thing to say this, or puns, or many other things that people like to hate on because "redditors" do it.