Heckler's veto
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@Ren said in Heckler's veto:
I mostly just keep wishing I could do Discord-style reactions instead of upvoting. >_>
Completely agree with this. Replace the binary endorphin machine with something that is expressive.
No idea if that’s something that can just be installed in this software or not, but it’d be nice.
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There are plug-ins for emoji reacts, but I remain concerned about the possibility that they will act as downvotes. I haven’t actually seen any talk about that or how to mitigate it. Everyone is unified around not wanting downvotes, but you can add reacts that are down pointing arrows, poop emojis, etc. etc.
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@Tez I think if a plug-in allows you to choose/disable some emojis, that would be best. But, it still gets iffy in terms of like-- hey a laughing emote. Good to have when I say all my funny shit, but what if someone just reacts with one laughing emote on a post that was serious/heart-felt? Not gonna feel great either.
So I get the concern.
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Tbh I think leaving upvotes the way they are is fine. I think an emoji solution would only work if you could basically set up a specific list of allowable ones, kind of similar to Facebook’s reactions. Like just having a few flavors of uovotes, more or less.
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@mietze said in Heckler's veto:
So I’m not sure that feeling is something that can be avoided by some kind of structure or mechanical thing. It’s a vulnerability thing. It’s easiest solved by maybe if it was safe to ask people (or tell them) hey, I’m feeling kinda down about my place in this game/community/friends group, I’m sure it’s just brain weasels but I could really use some positive talk/hearing about something recently i’ve done that you liked, ect. But that is hard. really hard. Don’t want to seem “needy”, I would say most of us are conditioned that is a dangerous or disgusting thing.
The times when I’ve felt unsure, unseen, or unwanted (knowing the latter is 99 percent probably brain weasels) I think it’s never been upvotes that have helped me but reaching out to people and asking them to confirm that I’m an okay person and mostly fun to be around, that I contribute something. I mean I worry about that too (are they rolling their eyes), but it seems to have a more immediate and helpful effect.Great point. I have made a thing.
https://brandmuday.mythicus.net/topic/194/affirmation-station
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@Roz I agree.
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Facebook style ones so I can accidentally haha a sad post because I didn’t drag across the reactions enough.
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Thank you all for going the extra mile to move a LONG hijack out of a peaceful forum and into the rowdy forum.
