I find myself using them on pretty much every platform that has them: matrix, masto, discord, etc.

These would be completely separate from votes, and have no affect on sorting.

What do you think the positives and negatives would be of having them?

  • tmpodMA
    4·
    3 years ago

    For a developer platform I find this unprofessional

    I know I’m off-topic, but why is it so? I find them rather neat, as they allow for quick and concise responses (yes, no, agree, disagree, interesting, curious, yay, gj, etc).

      • tmpodMA
        3·
        3 years ago

        Some emojis are pretty much universal, while others clearly aren’t. The ones in GitHub’s selection are pretty normal, with exception of the thumbs-up/down I suppose (reading from that article). It’s really a matter of context. In most cases, the use of emoji reactions is fine and brings benefits.
        If someone isn’t okay with them, I think they should politely ask their colleagues to stop using them, which is, in my opinion, a better compromise than just not having reactions altogether.