Can we instead change the 
by the 
via the css hack I linked? If people uses from the custom emojis, it’s not counted for the topic likes count (I see now there is a setting to change the main like icon from the reactions plugin)
Also I think we need to take in consideration negative reactions and how that affect the discussion dynamics before adding more reactions. A “dislike” button can be really hurtful for conversations, specially if you get a counter on how many dislikes you have.
We want healthy conversations, it’s ok to disagree in a civilized way, we don’t want a place where you can make someone feel punished with a dislike counter you can increase with a click with no rationale.