Online Community 'reactions' poll

I think both up/down vote and reactions are useful. Often up/down voting something can be the only clear way for some of us to determine whether something we say is on the mark or way off it - where reaction emojis don’t do this, and can be interpreted in many different ways depending on context. For example, a laughing reaction can be given when something is funny and someone agrees, but also when it’s outrageous or inappropriate and someone is doing it in a mocking way or to express disbelief.

At the same time, it can be nice to be able to express a specific feeling as well as rating something good and bad, and also helpful to be able to do this simplistically, without having to work out how to put how you feel into words.

To this end, why not have both, and then people have a flexible range of options of how to respond to something, which should be more inclusive to different people across the spectrum.

I think both up/down vote and reactions are useful. Often up/down voting something can be the only clear way for some of us to determine whether something we say is on the mark or way off it - where reaction emojis don’t do this, and can be interpreted in many different ways depending on context. For example, a laughing reaction can be given when something is funny and someone agrees, but also when it’s outrageous or inappropriate and someone is doing it in a mocking way or to express disbelief.

At the same time, it can be nice to be able to express a specific feeling as well as rating something good and bad, and also helpful to be able to do this simplistically, without having to work out how to put how you feel into words.

To this end, why not have both, and then people have a flexible range of options of how to respond to something, which should be more inclusive to different people across the spectrum.