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.
I think that when Facebook swapped like and dislike out for the set of five emoji responses they noticeably reduced the feedback it was possible to leave on a post. They removed the ability to disagree with a post and turned every response into an affirmation of some kind.
I’d prefer not to degrade lemmy in the same way.
I would definitely advocate for both, not removing upvote downvote at all
Like I mentioned on another reply, I’m thinking more akin to discord wherein you can upvote/downvote but also add 1 emoji if you’d like
No thanks. Up and downvotes is all Lemmy needs, keep it simple.
I wouldn’t mind seeing tags for posts to categorizes discussions in a community tho,
Yeah, but tags are a type of reaction. OP is talking about reactions to posts and comments.
Tags would be great to have.
Right, tags are a different concept, I do mean just a reaction option in addition to upvote or downvote
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I think it’s fine to just leave the emoji as a comment.
My only problem with this is threads can quickly become overrun if everyone did that, I’m thinking like discord style
I don’t forsee threads being overrun on Lemmy anytime soon (with the exception of hexbear spam perhaps).
I’ve already seen many examples where a top level comment has 15-20 replies (not each continuing into their own thread) which is difficult to keep track of sometimes and having more emotive options would likely cut down on certain responses like just an emoji comment or things like “this” because an upvote doesn’t feel like “enough” but a comment is also not really adding to the discussion
If people on Lemmy start responding with “this” I’m fuckin out of here
You haven’t seen that already? Lol I definitely have, I’ve done it myself because sometimes I want that extra bit of satisfaction that an upvote doesn’t give on it’s own.
Bruh, reddit misses you.
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.
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Idk if you saw like Hexbear users putting emojis and everyone getting upset about it because it displays different to them with their version of Lemmy (apparently)
No, I don’t think that. I like that Lemmy is not facebook, or whatsapp, or instagram, or youtube, ir reddit.
Adding emojis as an optional response not requiring a comment (and not removing or interacting with the upvote/downvote system) wouldn’t make Lemmy as a whole anything like Facebook whatsapp Instagram or YouTube, that’s a very weird thing to say.
I think it could be fun if it were opt-in per community, similar to custom awards on Reddit but free. The downside would be losing compatibility with other ActivityPub implementations (although FireFish does have emoji reactions so implementing it the same way as FF would help to set a standard).
I’m actually curious what does the upvote/downvote button equate to for other activitypub implementations?
Upvote is like a Mastodon favorite, and should be used similar to a favorite across other ActivityPub implementations. Boost, likewise, is common across other implementations.
(Fun fact though: kbin originally had these reversed - upvote performed a boost, and what is now called “boost” was originally favorite! This was switched a bit ago for better interoperability with Lemmy and other AP implementations.)
Downvote, to my knowledge, is a unique implementation to Lemmy/kbin.
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Correct.
Do you have more specific thoughts as to why not?
Emojis are the cruel heartless face of enshittification and a call to summon the children, normies, Facebook moms, and profiteers. We just Left reddit, allow us to rest our weeping bones.
Ok so same as the other person, just hate emojis for some reason.
I’d just like to point out that techies were using emoticons back when those groups thought the Internet was a series of tubes.
Emojis are the feeling of Corporate Grandma yelling yeetSwagBuxx. It’s artificial, forced, and clean language approved by HR.
If you want the fediverse to grow, it needs content. Emoji responses are some of the lowest effort engagement you can have. That’s just asking for a race to the bottom.
Encourage more substantial responses, not less.
I mean, is it really any different then upvote and downvote? Why even have that functionality if we should be focusing on requiring everyone to write a reply? :p see how that logic doesn’t really make sense?
