Reactions: Agree and Thank You in most forums

[L'irlandais]

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See my #96 for actual emoji I was speaking about. WR doesn’t support it.
#89 represents what you get when you type colon shrug colon
The point of both posts was to underline that it’s difficult to get agreement on emojis.

Kudos are usually offered in response to an exceptional achievement.

 

[bearded]

I don't have any problem with . It sounds more respectful and polite.

I don't want to be vulgar, but did nobody notice that the current symbol for ''thank you'' might resemble male genitals (except for colours) rather than praying hands?

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

I don't want to be vulgar, but did nobody notice that the current symbol for ''thank you'' might resemble male genitals (except for colours) rather than praying hands?

Um, not I.

BTW, I don't know about italiano, but "blue balls" in American (at least) English is a painful condition in men caused by being sexually stimulated but denied release (by a rizzacazi*).
*Sì, ho dovuto cercare questa parola nel diccionario WR.

 

[bearded]

"blue balls" in American …. is a painful condition...

I didn't know that. As I wrote, colours do not fit anyway.

 

[ewie]

I don't want to be vulgar, but did nobody notice that the current symbol for ''thank you'' might resemble male genitals (except for colours) rather than praying hands?

You've been looking at the wrong kinds of genitals, Beardy

 

[bearded]

You've been looking at the wrong kinds of genitals, Beardy

I forget my glasses at home on occasion.

 

[swift]

I wish we had the ❤ reaction in the Culture Café.

 

[Loob]

I wish we had the ❤ reaction in the Culture Café.

A reaction would be useful in CC too.

 

[pointvirgule]

Sorry for bumping this thread, but I was wondering if it would be possible for us to be able to see the "Reaction score" of other forer@s in their "member card," along with their post count. Perhaps having a look at people's "Agree" count might help askers better assess the credibility of those who answer their questions. Or is that a frivolous request?

 

[swift]

Perhaps having a look at people's "Agree" count might help askers better assess the credibility of those who answer their questions.

The “agree” count could be misleading too. Some people get lots of “agree” reactions in non-linguistic forums.

 

[pointvirgule]

Some people get lots of “agree” reactions in non-linguistic forums.

True, but it still shows that lots of people agree with them, which isn't a bad thing.
OK, to be honest, I'm just curious to see other peeps' scores. Am I alone?
Besides, I think that piece of information is more useful than the post count, which is pretty meaningless per se.

 

[swift]

True, but it still shows that lots of people agree with them, which isn't a bad thing.

I see your point. However, someone may have reasonable arguments and give good explanations on non-linguistic issues, but provide preposterous or misleading answers in linguistic matters. 🙃

 

[Loob]

I'm just curious to see other peeps' scores. Am I alone?

I think you might be. I'm really, really not curious to see other people's reaction totals - they don't mean anything.

 

[DonnyB]

I think you might be. I'm really, really not curious to see other people's reaction totals - they don't mean anything.

There was a glitch early on in the implementation process whereby for a brief period that information was publicly visible. I confess to having found it quite interesting (although part of that I daresay was the novelty of being able to view something I wasn't really supposed to be able to see: it brought out the voyeur in me ).

Having said that, I wouldn't personally object to mine being viewable. I'm curious about how much demand there is for a preference setting option to allow it - assuming it's technically possible, that is.

 

[velisarius]

I don't think it's very useful to take any steps that might encourage members to regard posting on WR as some kind of pissing contest.

Also, some members are getting into the habit of "agreeing" with every answer in a thread, which seems to defeat the purpose.

 

[Loob]

I don't think it's very useful to take any steps that might encourage members to regard posting on WR as some kind of pissing contest.

Also, some members are getting into the habit of "agreeing" with every answer in a thread, which seems to defeat the purpose.

Hear hear to both points.

 

[suzi br]

I don't think it's very useful to take any steps that might encourage members to regard posting on WR as some kind of pissing contest.

Also, some members are getting into the habit of "agreeing" with every answer in a thread, which seems to defeat the purpose.

Pithily put, my dear!

There is at least one person who seems to respond to every single post it's weird, does it stem from the LIKE habit on social media? Meaning: I've seen your post ... ?
Anyway, I am not complaining cos I have asked for this facility for YEARS and really apprecitate being able to just add a quick tick to someone who "beat me" to an answer, or to show "sides" in a debated point.

 

[DonnyB]

There is evidence that a few members seem to be mis-using "agree" as "like", although I think it's fair to say that it's quite a small minority and it wasn't something which was picked up on as a problem when we did the trial run last year.

There is one forum which has both ("agree" and "like"), as do conversations, so that should give us some idea of whether that is in fact what people are doing.

 

[Loob]

There is one forum which has both ("agree" and "like"), as do conversations, so that should give us some idea of whether that is in fact what people are doing.

I suspect that some people will still see 'heart' as love and 'thumbsup' as like.

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

I suspect that some people will still see 'heart' as love and 'thumbsup' as like.

Or see 'thumbsup' as 'agree', which is what I mean by it.

 

[pointvirgule]

I don't think it's very useful to take any steps that might encourage members to regard posting on WR as some kind of pissing contest.

Is that what you think my motivation was when I brought up the matter? I'm flattered, really!
On the contrary, one might consider that any steps that encourage people to post thoughtful, quality answers might be a good thing, no?

 

[velisarius]

I'm not questioning your motivation, pointvirgule Wouldn't dream of it. I was just speaking generally.

 

[DonnyB]

On the contrary, one might consider that any steps that encourage people to post thoughtful, quality answers might be a good thing, no?

Yes, I think anything which encourages that is definitely worth considering.

All the same, just supposing people were able to see that I'd posted 128 responses that people had "agreed" with and 137 that people had "thanked" me for (those aren't the actual figures, by the way ), I'm a little curious as to what that would actually tell anyone.

 

[machadinho]

@mkellogg, the colors attract too much attention. I'd like to suggest colors with less contrast, maybe just shades of a single color.

 

[elroy]

This is my personal opinion as a forum member, not as a moderator:

While it can be fun to check out other users' reaction scores and it's true that making them visible might motivate some users to improve the quality of their posts, reaction scores should not be taken at face value. Reactions aren’t an option in every forum, and even if they were, the score depends on so many factors such as how often you post, who you help, who’s more likely to give reactions, etc. that they really can’t be taken as indicative of anything other than the simple fact that you have received x number of reactions!

 

[L'irlandais]

Reactions (8)

Agree (8)

Thank you! (8)

I don’t think this info tells much about the quality of my posts. Some of my most helpful posts received no reactions.

Hear hear to both points.

Out of interest, why didn’t you use the agree button, to show your agreement ?

 

[Loob]

I wanted to say something stronger than .

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

I wanted to say something stronger than .

Can we put up ?

 

[Loob]

Can we put up ?

Have you tried?

 

[swift]

I wanted to say something stronger than .

Should we add the “hear, hear” button?

👂^2

 

[Loob]

Should we add the “hear, hear” button?

👂^2

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

Have you tried?

No, I haven't. Have you? (Sorry, I don't want to sound like Bret "Boofer" Kavanaugh(ful).) I'll try now.

Should we add the “hear, hear” button?

👂^2

, but I guess we can't post "x2", either.

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

I've just tried, and I can't, apparently (unless, for the nth time, I'm going about it in the wrong way).

 

[Loob]

One click on a Reaction adds the Reaction to the foot of the post; a second click deletes the Reaction.

 

[machadinho]

By the way, this thing: looks as if it was wearing a mask.

 

[Jektor]

#109: I was wondering if it would be possible for us to be able to see the "Reaction score" of other forer@s in their "member card," along with their post count. Perhaps having a look at people's "Agree" count might help askers better assess the credibility of those who answer their questions. Or is that a frivolous request?
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I have no objection, but I can't think why I would want to see it. I am interested in the reactions to an individual post, but I don't think I would be interested in a poster's total reaction score. However, the currently available member's total number of posts figure is useful.
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[machadinho]

Dear @mkellogg, here is another thing: push reaction notifications appear in the interface language of the user who reacted to our posts, not in our interface language. I got a Danke! this morning. This discloses what language a user has chosen, which may be an issue. Also, we won't be able to know what reaction it was until we check out the icon in the thread if we don't speak the language. Thanks.

 

[mkellogg]

push reaction notifications appear in the interface language of the user who reacted to our posts, not in our interface language. I got a Danke! this morning.

Well, there isn't much I can do to change that, and I don't consider it too big of an issue. Think of it as an unexpected feature.

 

[machadinho]

No problem. Thanks

 

[Jennifer Weiss]

Although the total reaction score of a forero seems meaningless, I see no reason not to implement the feature as it won't adversely affect the usefulness of the website nor its optimization (functionality?). On top of that, I assume it will just take a couple of strings of code to code a script that will calculate the aggregated number of received reactions and display it somewhere. We might as well try and see how it will work out.

 

[elroy]

the currently available member's total number of posts figure is useful.

How so?

 

[Nanon]

Sorry for bumping this thread, but I was wondering if it would be possible for us to be able to see the "Reaction score" of other forer@s in their "member card," along with their post count. Perhaps having a look at people's "Agree" count might help askers better assess the credibility of those who answer their questions. Or is that a frivolous request?

Some of us post in forums where Reactions have not been implemented. How "credible" are these members?

 

[Peterdg]

However, the currently available member's total number of posts figure is useful.

How so?

Well, it gives you some indication of the dedication of the user in question. It is also an indication of how familiar a user is with the forum's mode of operation, tradition, rules, history etc.