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
    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.