Thereâs been no further experimentation with this one, since the conversation end up more focused on the thumbs_down reaction.
There is plan to experiment enabling the thumbs_down reaction once there is more volume and communities in the forums, maybe thumbs_up can be also be tested at that time too, to understand if people prefers it.
Regardless of what it looks like, âvote upâ and âvote downâ are key requirements for migrating the help site here.
Replacing the âheartâ icon currently used for âvote upâ with a âthumbs upâ would also help prevent people getting the wrong idea about what âheartâ might mean, but thatâs secondary to providing the basic functionality needed for âhelpâ.
I have noted that the âthumbs upâ icon is now available in the short list of icons available to like or dislike any comment but if you click it it still converts into a âheartâ shown below the comment.
So still remains to replace the âheartâ icon below the comment with the âthumbs upâ icon (if possible at all) as that is what many of us would like as far as I can see.
I know, but giving a thumb down without explaining why you disagree with an idea is pretty useless, so one would have to give a full explanation in a reply anyway.
Not necessarily. Giving a thumb up you agree, but if you agree you donât have to explain why. If you disagree there should be an explanation: if you disagree on the content, on the wording, etc. To be clear, this is the explanation Iâve always given myself to why the forums generally do not have a âThumb downâ emoji.
Thumbs up as well as thumbs down are both useful tools to make visible in the simplest way whether a majority of users support or reject a proposal/comment/idea etc. In the old forum this is frequently done by simply posting â+1â or â-1â and both allow an additional comment but do not require such as a basic pricipal.
Thumbs up and thumbs down (agree/disagree) are something different than âI likeâ and âIâm angryâ.
They are more neutral and better suited in a technical environment.
A thumbs down does not prevent you from explaining why. Anyway I do agree that It should always be done in order to get constructive discussions.
Das like kann das bisher gewohnte +1 ersetzen. Manchmal möchte man aber etwas mit 1-2 Worten ausdrĂŒcken, was kurz und prĂ€gnant ist, aber mehr sagt als +1 oder ein . Nur like zu klicken ist sehr unpersönlich und fördert auch nicht gerade eine gute Kommunikation. Zudem fehlt dann auch ein dislike und weitere Optionen. Aber ich will eigentlich auch kein Facebook. Deshalb befĂŒrworte ich eine deutlich niedrigere Einstellung.
Sorry I moved your message and the replies because the conversation was no longer talking about post length and it was focused on the +1 reaction, where we already had this topic.
Discourse doesnât allow to split a message and move, so I considered that it was better to move them all. The original topic has a link notifying of some messages being moved here.
these are the reactions we have in the Telegram off-topic group: the order of the emojjis we could add is not particularly useful, but we members of that group use the as +1, -1, +2, pensive, saddened, -2, (missing: laughing face, for which we put +2).