Should reactions replace simple upvotes on replies?

PR Priya Nair há 2 meses

With reactions now available in Pro, I am wondering whether plain upvotes on replies still earn their keep. Reactions carry more nuance — heart, rocket, hooray.

Do you think both should coexist, or does that clutter the UI? Curious how others reason about this.

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Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.