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.

  • Unofficial Firefox Ambassador of Victoria@mstdn.ca
    21·
    9 months ago

    @Pratai @Jakeroxs I hardly use emojis and I don’t accept your answer either, because the premise of “nobody old uses them if they want to be taken seriously” just isn’t true.

    If you base your argument around a fact, which turns out to be false, that’s okay, just accept when people point that out, or look it up to confirm or deny your fact.

    If you simply think emojis are immature and you don’t like them, that’s an opinion, which is more respectable.

    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksOP
      11·
      9 months 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.

    • Pratai@lemmy.ca
      11·
      9 months 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.