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.

  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksOP
    21·
    1 year ago

    Have more specific thoughts on why? Seemed like quite a few people misunderstood what I was going for, I definitely could have better described it in the OP

    • Pratai
      22·
      1 year ago

      Because I don’t think lemmy is intended for 12 year old kids.

        • Pratai
          23·
          1 year ago

          Older people that would like to be taken seriously, don’t use emojis.

          • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksOP
            32·
            1 year ago

            Simply not true, I work with many older people and they like using emojis if they’re more techy, there’s nothing wrong with them, get over yourself.

            • 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.