Site Emojis

[Fire Dan Gladden]

Recently I have begun to question the effectiveness of the emojis currently in use to respond to posts.  I brought this to Brock's attention and he felt this was a topic worth revisiting.  I think this is a good opportunity to voice your opinion on a small, but important part of your TD voice. 

So, with Brock's blessing, I am putting the question out to the TD readers:  What emojis would you like to see added or removed from the current emoji structure?

1) No more than 5 total emojis
2) Common sense on your suggestions (no swearing, etc.)
3) Think about ways to help enhance your interactions within comments.

The current emojis are:
Heart - Like
Gritting teeth face - Yikes
Tear Drop face - Sad
Laughing face - Ha Ha

Personally I would:
Change the Heart emoji to Love
Add a thumbs up for Like, acknowledged, thanks. etc.
Remove the tear drop face emoji and replace it with a thumbs down

Please put your opinion out there to help Brock and the gang with the site. 
 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

I like the thumbs up/thumbs down idea.

I like the sad emoji, but the yikes emoji and the ha ha emojis tend to be a bit “troll-y”. I’d replace the yikes with the thumbs down

[wsnydes]

So, @ashbury, are you legitimately sad that the sad emoji might go away? ?

I like the thumbs up/thumbs down idea as well.  yikes and haha seem to be the logical emojis to replace since they are the most often used as a means of trolling.  

 

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, wsnydes said:

So, @ashbury, are you legitimately sad that the sad emoji might go away? ?

 

No. Richie said he likes the sad emoji. So I was gallant enough to provide one. I see your smiley, but just in case there's doubt from others.

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, wsnydes said:

@ashbury

I like the thumbs up/thumbs down idea as well.  yikes and haha seem to be the logical emojis to replace since they are the most often used as a means of trolling.  

 

Guess I should answer this part separately. If I say something intentionally stupid, the haha emoji is good for that.  If I say something unintentionally stupid, the yikes or thumbs down is good for that, whatever you choose to call it. If I accidentally say something someone else agrees with, the thumbs up covers that. I'm fine if there are other emojis people want. As for sarcasm, some folks will find a way no matter how many methods you take away from them.

[wsnydes]

28 minutes ago, ashbury said:

No. Richie said he likes the sad emoji. So I was gallant enough to provide one. I see your smiley, but just in case there's doubt from others.

Ha!  I misread his post!  

Time for a nap...

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Ha!  I misread his post!  

Time for a nap...

Satire, especially the stupid kind, bites me yet again.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

6 hours ago, ashbury said:

No. Richie said he likes the sad emoji. So I was gallant enough to provide one. I see your smiley, but just in case there's doubt from others.

Indeed, i got what I asked for

[Malachi]

I like the Amazon style of the upvote/downvote to agree/disagree and that could count toward reputation