Reactions stifle discussion. Remove them

[lennox]

Reactions undermine the collaborative aspect of this community. Instead of saying "I agree/disagree because [blank]" people just leave an emoji and do not contribute to the discussion. Remove reactions so people say something instead of leaving virtual updoots

 

[Hobbit]

 

[lennox]

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I'm from .is mf

 

[Hobbit]

I'm from .is mf

Okay, stay there

 

[lennox]

Okay, stay there

So no arguments and you haven't convinced me your people match .is users in IQ or attention span

 

[Hobbit]

So no arguments and you haven't convinced me your people match .is users in IQ or attention span

Keep coping and seething incel

 

[lennox]

Keep coping and seething incel

Still no arguments. I'm replymaxxing so the last word belongs to me

 

[Spooky_Heejin]

Reactions undermine the collaborative aspect of this community. Instead of saying "I agree/disagree because [blank]" people just leave an emoji and do not contribute to the discussion. Remove reactions so people say something instead of leaving virtual updoots

I gotta agree with you. Sadly though, many people enjoy the likes because it feeds their dopamine preceptors and nothing will likely change.

 

[wsada]

 

[lennox]

We have all the time in the world to be here. You might just think something meta once in a while

I gotta agree with you. Sadly though, many people enjoy the likes because it feeds their dopamine preceptors and nothing will likely change.

Thanks I thought I was the only one. I turned off all reaction notifications anyways. Feels better now that I'm able to focus my attention onto productive replies

 

[lennox]

u been on .is and should know that reactions dont affect discussion, users will simply write a 1 word reply instead

A one worded reply requires more effort than hitting the thumb icon. Also it's night in the US so I shouldn't expect much activity anyways

 

[WestEuropoor]

Reactions undermine the collaborative aspect of this community. Instead of saying "I agree/disagree because [blank]" people just leave an emoji and do not contribute to the discussion. Remove reactions so people say something instead of leaving virtual updoots

I disagree. Reacts are everything

In that way its even easier to distinguish coalmaxxers from normal users

The reason postmaxxing isn't that excessive here is that all these people just posting stuff like

"Brutal"
"K"
"Dnrd"

For postcount can be eternally traced back to being shit users just by checking their ratio

Next suggestion is opening a "sewers" section here aswell so people can spam endless single word replies?

 

[Lain]

Reactions undermine the collaborative aspect of this community. Instead of saying "I agree/disagree because [blank]" people just leave an emoji and do not contribute to the discussion. Remove reactions so people say something instead of leaving virtual updoots

I don't always feel like leaving a reply but I like to lurk at times. I don't see a downside to reacts, it gives everyone dopamine and is a much better way to gauge how good a persons posts are roughly by their post:rep score. I've never been on .is but the forum posters here typically seem sentient while .is posters that migrate here seem braindead, no offense to them. I've learned a good bit from posters here about philosophy, hacking and other topics. I hope I've been able to help people learn a little bit about random topics instead of my posts being mindlessly smashing my keyboard too.

 

[Lucillian]

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[Lucillian]

 

[WestEuropoor]

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You have so much aura holy shit

 

[Hobbit]

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I wonder who this fine lady's profile photo is.

 

[WestEuropoor]

@Lucillian you awfully angry B O B O

 

[Lucillian]

@Lucillian you awfully angry B O B O

some are playful and pokeful others arent

 

[Spooky_Heejin]

Thanks I thought I was the only one. I turned off all reaction notifications anyways. Feels better now that I'm able to focus my attention onto productive replies

I turned off the reaction notifications too. It was driving me nuts getting 10+ notifications and all it is are smiley faces, angry faces, or sad faces.

 

[Deleted member 2206]

This is how I imagined you typing the post title.

 

[Deleted member 1462]

.is will always be superior as long as it doesn't have a reddit tier reaction system.
But I must admit, waking up to 20 notification here compared to at most 8 in .is is dopaminefuel.

 

[WestEuropoor]

.is will always be superior as long as it doesn't have a reddit tier reaction system.
But I must admit, waking up to 20 notification here compared to at most 8 in .is is dopaminefuel.

I wake up to atleast 50 notifs, i mogg you!

 

[MelaninQueen]

I don't always feel like leaving a reply but I like to lurk at times. I don't see a downside to reacts, it gives everyone dopamine and is a much better way to gauge how good a persons posts are roughly by their post:rep score. I've never been on .is but the forum posters here typically seem sentient while .is posters that migrate here seem braindead, no offense to them. I've learned a good bit from posters here about philosophy, hacking and other topics. I hope I've been able to help people learn a little bit about random topics instead of my posts being mindlessly smashing my keyboard too.

You just called me braindead...

 

[WestEuropoor]

You just called me braindead...

React ratio checks out

 

[Moondust]

I disagree. Reacts are everything

In that way its even easier to distinguish coalmaxxers from normal users

The reason postmaxxing isn't that excessive here is that all these people just posting stuff like

"Brutal"
"K"
"Dnrd"

For postcount can be eternally traced back to being shit users just by checking their ratio

Next suggestion is opening a "sewers" section here aswell so people can spam endless single word replies?

Lol dnrd always get a lot of reacts

 

[WestEuropoor]

Lol dnrd always get a lot of reacts

 

[Kawaii]

For postcount can be eternally traced back to being shit users just by checking their ratio

Not time online?

 

[WestEuropoor]

Not time online?

You mean high total time online being bad or many posts with low total time online?

 

[Kawaii]

You mean high total time online being bad or many posts with low total time online?

Was joking. Perhaps not the time to joke though

 

[god.ly]

its a double edged sword really
by removing reacts you either encourage more discussion because people cant just leave a like (but then again people can just say "i agree" and nothing else) or enable more people who spam and post one liners because they cant have their reaction score harmed by that, which makes postmaxxing easier

 

[fries]

its a double edged sword really
by removing reacts you either encourage more discussion because people cant just leave a like (but then again people can just say "i agree" and nothing else) or enable more people who spam and post one liners because they cant have their reaction score harmed by that, which makes postmaxxing easier

The kind of person who would spam would also be the kind of person to not care about their reaction score and vice versa, just look at the Cafe at its current state, lol.
The culture you seem to describe here and want can only come from moderators doing their job...

 

[Deleted member 2195]

I disagree. Reacts are everything

In that way its even easier to distinguish coalmaxxers from normal users

The reason postmaxxing isn't that excessive here is that all these people just posting stuff like

"Brutal"
"K"
"Dnrd"

For postcount can be eternally traced back to being shit users just by checking their ratio

Next suggestion is opening a "sewers" section here aswell so people can spam endless single word replies?

High IQ post

 

[lifesucksandyoudie]

I have a theory.
People don't post here because they're NEETs, they just want the dopamine hits from upvotes (reactions) since they treat it like a substitute for their lack of sex life giving them pleasure and validation IRL.

 

[itzyaboyJJ]

Still no arguments. I'm replymaxxing so the last word belongs to me

You got cooked my nigger

 

[Master]

Reactions reduce spam/low effort posts. I like them.