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.

  • Pratai
    11·
    1 year ago

    Don’t ask questions if you’re not willing to accept answers you don’t like. It shows your age. It’s no wonder you’re wanting emojis on lemmy.

    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksOP
      11·
      1 year ago

      Lmao, I accept your answer, I just disagree with your opinion from my lived experiences, you seem like you’re a lot of fun at parties.

      I’m hoping for actual constructive criticism to the idea, not just “I don’t like emojis because Im an uptight ass”

      • Pratai
        12·
        1 year ago

        You don’t accept my answer. If you did, you wouldn’t be arguing with me about it. You asked an opinion-based question, I gave you mine. You delved, I obliged. And now you have a problem with it.

        Grow up.

        It’s reasons like this that emojis shouldn’t be allowed on lemmy. Leave that shit on twitter.

          • Pratai
            11·
            1 year ago

            that’s an opinion

            Exactly. Which is what I stated. Question asked- question answered. OP just didn’t like my answer after asking why.

            I wasn’t aware it was: “answer only if you agree.” Had this been stated, I’d have ignored the question and moved on.

          • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksOP
            11·
            1 year ago

            Thanks, it’s definitely fair to state an opinion, I simply disagree with their opinion (which they’re definitely asserting as fact) and explained why I asked the additional question.