On my Samsung tablet (using Chrome) I see the head, arms and praying hands of a small Chinese boy with brown hair and an orange jacket.
Much cuter than DP's scary grey figure!
Reactions: Agree and Thank You in most forums
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Much cuter than DP's scary grey figure!
Is there a way to stop the notifications that someone has thanked or agreed with me?
Yes, under “Preferences.”
It does look as if some people are using theReaction not as "agree" but as "like".
True, maybe the "agree" emoji could be replaced by a handshake (or high five) one?
Like this one:
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It does look as if some people are using the
So perhaps the "Heart" icon could be included under "Reactions" for "Like" to distinguish it from the "Thumb Up" one for "Approve/Agree"?
English Only could use "Reactions" for "It is the same in American English." and "It is the same in British English."
Oh, and if our English-speaking friends wanted, we could also have some little English hearts, like in this thread.
Edit: maybe grayish and a red -
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I get an alert if someone reacts to my post but not if someone reacts to someone else's post in a thread I've posted in. That's fine but does that also apply to the OP/thread starter?
What I mean is--if A replies to the thread starter and B agrees with A, does the thread starter get notified? It might be useful to him to know that someone's endorsed a reply he's received.
What I mean is--if A replies to the thread starter and B agrees with A, does the thread starter get notified? It might be useful to him to know that someone's endorsed a reply he's received.
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Not as far as I know: if someone 'reacts' to one of your posts, you're notified (provided you have notifications turned on) but I don't think the OP or anyone else in the thread is.
I think the intention was to steer clear of "Like", though?
I see. Thank you.
Why is there a symbol for ''thank you'' but no symbol for ''you are welcome/gern geschehen/je vous en prie/de nada''? When someone thanks me, I often would like to reply (and I occasionally use ) , but it's a pity wasting a post just to say ''you are welcome''.
) , but it's a pity wasting a post just to say ''you are welcome''.
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I tried to do that, but you can't "react" to your own posts. In other words, if somebody says "thanks" to your post, you would have to find some other post of theirs to say "you're welcome", which doesn't make much sense.
They often thank me in a separate post of theirs (e.g. many thanks, bearded), to which I'd like to react by saying 'you are welcome'.
Ah, I see. Don't expect this addition soon, but I'll think about it. Even if we do add it, what would the icon be?
In this case, I think I'd use the "thank you" icon.
I was thinking about this (my post to which the above is an answer is #58). I think it might be useful for the OP to know when someone agrees with an answer he's received--in some cases it might reassure him that the answer he received wasn't a one-off or an unusual suggestion.
In my opinion, it's more important for the OP to know that someone agrees with an answer someone else gave him than for an answerer to know that someone agrees with him. It's different on forums which are more discussion forums of course. The language forums aren't so much discussion forums--they are aimed at answering questions.
My suggestion wouldn't always work, I agree. A might start a thread in January, get an answer and never come back. B might ask a related question in March and get an answer from C, and if D agrees with C, the notification would go to A rather than B.
I'm not sure what the solution could be--perhaps notifications of reactions could go to everyone who posted on that thread till that point? Yes, it would increase the number of alerts, but I see it's possible to have selective alerts and people could enable alerts only for new posts and not for reactions, if they wanted to.
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What about a handshake icon? I think it would be a good idea to include that as a "You're welcome".
I think that would make quite a good "Agree" icon: it wouldn't have the potential for confusion with "Like" that
has.
This one could be a "You are welcome" emoji: 🤗
Aware that I’m probably asking too much, I’d like to be able to stop notifications for Agree only (hopefully having people agree with me won’t be such a rare occurence that I want to be notifed about it!). But that’s not possible, is it?
It is. Click on your profile and go to Preferences and you'll find you can stop notifications only for reactions, but keep them for new replies in threads you participate in.
I think tsoapm would like to get notifications for "Thank you" but not "Agree."
I don't think that's an option.
I don't think that's an option.
Yes, that's what I meant: thanks.
You're right. I was wrong.I think that would make quite a good "Agree" icon: it wouldn't have the potential for confusion with "Like" that
At any rate, the Reactions option does seem to have reduced the number of posts that simply say "I agree".
Why would you like to replace the current "Thank you" symbol? I've seen it used as a "thank you" symbol before, and I just looked for explanations. On Emojipedia, the symbol is explained as follows:
When I use the symbol, I mean to express gratitude and praise. I use the "Agree" button if I feel confident that I'm qualified to agree, and the "Thank you" button if I can't really judge the quality of the comment, and I just want to thank the person for their contribution.
I'm just not familiar with it in my culture, especially as a symbol of thanks, although I do understand that it is used as such (as you mention). So I was wondering if another option might be provided.
Thanks!
That's up to the mods of course but people are used to this one. Try thinking of it as just a symbol, or type "Thank you".
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I see. Thank you for your explanation.
For what it's worth, this reason doesn't strike me as very convincing. Does the fact that a single member says he isn't familiar with it justify having to do the work to include another symbol? I note that you haven't said you find it offensive or disrespectful, just unfamiliar.
I'm sure it's unfamiliar to many people. It wasn't very familiar to me as an emoji till a few months ago, though I see the actual gesture used all the time in my country. There are many things that were unfamiliar to me till I got used to them, and then they became familiar.
My youngest brother spent 12 years in Nepal, and i have met several of his friends, so I am very familiar with Namaste and its significance. This thank you symbol makes me think of the namaste symbol, rather than any form of thanks I can imagine in English. Post CoVid more folks are using this here in the West. However I am a little uncomfortable with it. I do see an argument for considering it culturally insensitive.
What Does Namaste Mean? Should Christians Say It?
What Does Namaste Mean? Should Christians Say It?
It is the namaste, as far as I can tell, and the namaste is used to express gratitude, a little formally, among other things.
I don't think of it as particularly religious--it's used in general social interaction here all the time. Perhaps it strikes others as religious but I don't really see why it should cause discomfort--to two persons now. By that logic, people who aren't Christians should feel uncomfortable if someone said "Merry Christmas" to them.
From your link: Namaste is a Sanskrit phrase combining two phrases to mean “I bow to you” or “The divine in me bows to the divine in you.”
I assure you many Indians have no idea what the word actually means. It's just a common social gesture.
I don't think of it as particularly religious--it's used in general social interaction here all the time. Perhaps it strikes others as religious but I don't really see why it should cause discomfort--to two persons now. By that logic, people who aren't Christians should feel uncomfortable if someone said "Merry Christmas" to them.
From your link: Namaste is a Sanskrit phrase combining two phrases to mean “I bow to you” or “The divine in me bows to the divine in you.”
I assure you many Indians have no idea what the word actually means. It's just a common social gesture.
Personal feelings are, well just that. When my close friends here do the Namaste and bow, it makes me feel uncomfortable and I don’t do it in return. Certainly a growing number of the population have no religion in their lives. That in itself does not strip this religious sign of its signification.
What Does the Indian Gesture of 'Namaste' Really Mean?
What Does the Indian Gesture of 'Namaste' Really Mean?
I can't say I'm all that familiar with it as a thank-you gesture in real life: we don't generally use it in the UK as that - or at least, I don't think I've never personally come across it. Having said that, I have seen it interpreted as an emoji in that way and it doesn't make me feel uncomfortable.
The trouble, I think from the point of view of accommodating those of us who'd prefer to have something else, is what you could use instead.
I'm not saying you aren't entitled to your personal feelings, and whether you use it or not is of course your prerogative. I'm saying--does the fact that something makes you personally uncomfortable justify challenging it when many others seem fine with it, and especially when it isn't something offensive or disrespectful or hurtful?
I don't use that emoji either but I don't consider that justification for saying it should be changed.
Another forum I frequently visit has this cool 🤷 While it in no way means thanks, it is one I’d like to see on WR. But that is apparently interpreted differently on the other side of the Atlantic.
I initially thought it was an angel with wings (Christian culture), then thought it might be a monkey (lots of people wouldn't like that either) and then realised it's a child touching his/her ears.
I'm fine with it whatever it is, but there'll probably be others who'll "misread" it just as I did and won't bother to look again.
I looke it up and found it being interpreted variously as signifying puzzlement, indifference or disinterest - equating to the enigmatic "Whatever"
While I agree its a cool emoji, I'm not sure it represents a sentiment we're keen to encourage members to express in the forums here.
I like that!
I don't have any problem with
. It sounds more respectful and polite. It feels like it means "I don't care!", so it may be rude to some people.
I find pretty offensive (aesthetically speaking), but I shrugged and learned to live with it, even use it myself on occasion.
I appreciate the respectful palms-together symbol, the yellow colour being bright and cheerful. It's just a symbol, it's not like it's something hateful like a swastika. Flowers are too girly.
pretty offensive (aesthetically speaking), but I shrugged and learned to live with it, even use it myself on occasion.I appreciate the respectful palms-together symbol, the yellow colour being bright and cheerful. It's just a symbol, it's not like it's something hateful like a swastika. Flowers are too girly.
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On the other forum (which uses unupdated vBulletin) the emoji moves, visibly shrugging the shoulders.
The WR version is a poor substitute,but I haven’t yet done a screen capture: I will try and add that later.
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Body language is such a huge part of communication, I don’t see how we can survive without such emojis. Shrug dates from 1450.
In Ireland, it is far from the Gallic shrug, and I see no insult in its use. It means "Search me." where I come from. SEARCH ME! | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary. A revealing point of language usage is that offense is taken, not given. "Take offense" usage So if someone interprets my « search me » emoji as meaning something entirely different, that doesn’t change what I meant a jot.
But I can understand how rude people could add meaning to the gesture beyond what I understand; indifference I hear it means in the USA. Seems to me Americians are indifferent to a lot of things. not so with the Irish. Cultural I guess, like Gridiron is split into offense and defense. I have a work colleague who uses this as a sign of resignation. Not sure how distain can be read into it, but happy to believe some can do. One online dictionary suggests it is a sign of rejection, dismissive, dread or lack of concern. Dread? Seriously ?
To cut a long story short, the analogy of the Irish shrug shows that while Namaste may simply mean « Thank you » in the US of A, but in other countries it means a damn sight more, like « I bow to the divine in you. »
The WR version is a poor substitute,
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)Body language is such a huge part of communication, I don’t see how we can survive without such emojis. Shrug dates from 1450.
In Ireland, it is far from the Gallic shrug, and I see no insult in its use. It means "Search me." where I come from. SEARCH ME! | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary. A revealing point of language usage is that offense is taken, not given. "Take offense" usage So if someone interprets my « search me » emoji as meaning something entirely different, that doesn’t change what I meant a jot.
But I can understand how rude people could add meaning to the gesture beyond what I understand; indifference I hear it means in the USA. Seems to me Americians are indifferent to a lot of things. not so with the Irish. Cultural I guess, like Gridiron is split into offense and defense. I have a work colleague who uses this as a sign of resignation. Not sure how distain can be read into it, but happy to believe some can do. One online dictionary suggests it is a sign of rejection, dismissive, dread or lack of concern. Dread? Seriously ?
To cut a long story short, the analogy of the Irish shrug shows that while Namaste may simply mean « Thank you » in the US of A, but in other countries it means a damn sight more, like « I bow to the divine in you. »
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It sounds like a good idea to me, but then I noticed that someone didn't quite like it.
Since the idea is to be polite and thank the poster, maybe we can avoid any associated imagery, and just have text in the reactions UI. The reactions can then show up as: "You, X, and Y have thanked Z for this post."The trouble, I think from the point of view of accommodating those of us who'd prefer to have something else, is what you could use instead.
This text can be added for all UI languages that this forum supports.
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An emoji is nice, but we don't seem to have a symbol of approval that has the same meaning for all participants in this forum.
I agree with the use of text suggested above.
I agree with the use of text suggested above.
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Or the "Hear No Evil" monkey? Or Hanuman, the Monkey God?