This sounds like a terrible idea to me. You don't need a range of emojis to be able to express yourself, that's what comment box is for. Having emojis would just reduce actual interaction. Your interaction with people shouldn't be a race, just make it meanigful instead.
this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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I like this idea but it requires a consistent standardized use of emojis to be effective. Upvotes seem to have a general "positive" meaning while downvotes implies negative feeling. I would love to have an emoji that meant mixed reaction, agree, disagree, funny, etc. but figure out the standard for it will be really important to understand how users are affected with the post.
I’m not sure this is possible since reactions tend to be in the context of the comment. For example, if a comment is expressing anger at an injustice, an angry emoji would probably be interpreted as “I am also angry” at the injustice and not disagreement or anger about the comment. If someone is expressing a personal loss, a sad emoji would me likely mean sympathy.
Emojis make everything worse, everywhere
How many emojo reactions do you propose we should chose from? From strongly agree to meh! to strongly disagree, so three reations, add mild opinion reactions for five. Is that what you mean?
Apps like Signal and iMessage allow any emoji. I don’t have a strong opinion about a limited set vs any defined in Unicode.
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