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.
Ok so same as the other person, just hate emojis for some reason.
I'd just like to point out that techies were using emoticons back when those groups thought the Internet was a series of tubes.
Emojis are the feeling of Corporate Grandma yelling yeetSwagBuxx. It's artificial, forced, and clean language approved by HR.
It also doesn't require making a comment, and is fun to use for many people ๐คทโโ๏ธ