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.
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.