As an interesting extra, there’s been a change to count all Reactions as Likes in terms of badges and behind the scenes metrics. I don’t think it’ll make too much difference to us, but I thought it worth noting. [1]
I like having a selection, even if some are used only rarely. I do think ‘positive only’ is the best approach, though in some cases even ones like can be used to agree with the content of what someone has written rather than a judgement against it (I’m not advocating for that particular one, just an example
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As a lot can be context dependent, I think there should also be stricter sanctions for people who use them to troll people. I don’t see it as any different to leaving a shitty comment.
There is also a setting to deliberately not include specific ones as Likes, but I’m not sure we need it ↩︎