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Should reactions replace simple upvotes on replies?

PR Priya Nair 4 weeks ago

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

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.

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

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

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.

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