Sneedforo & Reactions: The Future of Stickers

[Colonel Sugarlemons]

IMO the best system would be:
- Display like discord but only a single row (space between report and like)
- Posts are limited to one react per user
- Only default reactions are those currently available on the site that we all know and love
- Each account gets 3 custom reactions (after hitting the activity threshold)

 

[Blitzsneed]

Personally, i like the first option a lot more and Pisscord shouldn't be copied. The only addition that I'd like to see and was already mentioned, are the board-unique reactions. In some special cases, thread-only reactions would be also be fun.

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

I like the current system, but Weaboo's mod and the Facebook system are also interesting. Just so long as I can keep rating people dumb and autistic.

 

[Queen Aleena]

I don't know why stickers exist at all if we're so against the Reddit upvote/downvote consensus-enforcing bullshit. You're still trivializing thoughts posters would otherwise use their words to say, even if it's something with a little more nuance like Islamic Content or Mad at the Internet. Stickers are just 'dumb funnels.'
>b-but I need to show my displeasure with a maoi head/hat/whatever
The internet as a whole would be better off if people just ignored terrible posts.

If I had to endorse anything it would be the old bulletin-style Thanks system. If a post is good, you provide Thanks. Posts that aren't interesting or go unread receive nothing. Example:

 

[jONALD]

I would like a phrase filter for such things as "I'm ready for the puzzle pieces..." or "bring out the top hats..."
What these people ought to say is "I want validation, give me stickers daddy!" or something equally damaging to the mind.

 

[Shlomo XL]

tally of all interactions

YES. But for the love of God, decouple that thing from profile post reactions.

Spoiler: YES

Keep the stickers limited, display all reaction counts to a post (don't display the ones that have zero), and something that should not be copied from Discord is for other people to click an existing react to add their own as that.

YES.

In addition, the added number of reactions to each sticker is, in my opinion, uglier than the current state.

It is, however, infinitely more immediately informative.

board-specific reacts

YES.

The giant wall of Discord emojis under posts is cancer and I hate the way it looks. If it takes me more than a glance to determine exactly how a post is being received the reactions aren't doing their job.

Yes.

I feel like removing the point attachment from the stickers would serve to better fix the "game-ifying" aspect than trying to hide the interaction.

YES.

️ We need this

Absolutely.

I feel like seeing a ratings tally breakdown is going to encourage people to farm stickers the same way the overall react score did.

On second thought, that's a perfectly valid concern. Hm.

With this, I'd like to propose "stamping".

BASED.

Discord has the most interesting reaction system.

NO. Please. We don't need the -entire- fucking emoji list.

Spoiler: NO

5 star system

If there is any other option than a 4/5 it's a no from me.

a reaction system where the reactions are only visible to the person who made the post and the person who reacted.

That's convoluted and would open yet another avenue for the chief bitchers to bitch at each other.

being able to add multiple reactions to a single post might also be kind of neat

This would be a nightmare. oh ok it's not gonna be an option carry on then

SUGGESTION: Highlight the entire body of the post when it gets highlighted, if only by a couple shades. Excellent for big threads.

SUGGE2: On a user's profile, insteaduva comprehensive table of each reaction received, display the 3 to 5 of most received reacts? If anything, it'll be fun looking for outliers who have let's say Deviant in their top three, because that would take hard work and dedication.

 

[R00T]

Regardless of what is chosen Id like to see just two new reactions that get shuffled in and out over a few months. Like a get them now before they’re gone and make them relevant to a happening at the time. I like looking through the deathless nation thread and seeing 1s and 2s. I have no idea what they are but they probably meant something to the people who got ‘em.

 

[AncientPhosphur]

Change is scary. Maybe add some lolcow face reacts

 

[Twinkie]

With the current abridged display, I like that a few usernames are immediately obvious. I like that more than I like all sticker tallies for a post being immediately obvious (old way). If the usernames were all tucked behind a flyover/popup that would feel like a bit of a loss to me. Not a big deal either way but I'm curious how other people feel about it.

 

[Overly Serious]

Personally, i like the first option a lot more and Pisscord shouldn't be copied. The only addition that I'd like to see and was already mentioned, are the board-unique reactions. In some special cases, thread-only reactions would be also be fun.

I personally don't like the idea of board-specific reactions but in the spirit of innovation and because some obviously do, what about having the reactions the same but visually differ. So a sub-forum could have their Likes/Lunacies/Horrifying/whatever be the Lolcows of their choice or whatever.

Best of both worlds - intuitive, integrates with everything else and doesn't break if you change board reactions as you inevitably will, and yet provides nice per-board customisation and feel!

Actually, I've converted myself on the topic of board-specific reactions now. Do it this way and I'm in.

 

[Mr. Manchester]

Whatever helps the highlight system the most is what I'm on board with. The highlights are great if some ding dong has been quiet for years then does something so spectacularly funny that I want a quick history lesson. It's also cool when you see something you've posted getting a highlight, either because it's particularly funny or exceptionally stupid.

My point is if it's easier and more efficient to limit the types of reactions to benefit highlighting stuff than go for it. Maybe expand the system so you know if it's an autistic highlight or an agreeable highlight? Just spitballing ideas.

 

[Overly Serious]

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With the current abridged display, I like that a few usernames are immediately obvious. I like that more than I like all sticker tallies for a post being immediately obvious (old way). If the usernames were all tucked behind a flyover/popup that would feel like a bit of a loss to me. Not a big deal either way but I'm curious how other people feel about it.

No, fully onboard with that. Strong like to being able to see at a glance who my post has made mad. Would be way more hassle to have to click to see each time.

 

[Meowstery]

I love the default emotes. If it ain't broke don't fix it. You see how many people liked a post, how many people thought it was aids, and how many people agree. Short and to the point. If we go with discord style, we'd have way too much random nonsense. I'd like to see a short list with '✔x23 x4 x2' instead of people using the regional indicator letters to spell out ' F A G' on every post as funny as it would be. We can get goofy with it too. Go with the default, easy to understand emotes, but also have the lolcow related ones be awarded to you after posting enough in that cow's thread. It could be motivation to actually read about and post in a thread for a cow you don't normally view, just to get that sweet sweet ability to 'x1' a post. Maybe an unlock system is too optimistic though. Default is good.

 

[Mudkipcorn]

Calculating a score based on ratings is retarded. As many have pointed out, you can't really characterize stickers, even Autistic or Dumb as negative because who knows whether the reacter aimed that at the poster or the lolcow content they posted.

Sticker autists like to have a collection though, so I think the idea of having a count for each sticker type on a user's profile is a good one. Just don't attach any score to it. If people want to revel in the fact that they have 20k Likes and 10k Informatives or rage when they see 9001 Dumbs, great.

We don't need a million sticker types. A few could be added but not that many. I'm okay with doing Discord-style where every sticker type is shown. I think I'd prefer that over the current system, in fact. I don't see why we need to see usernames in the sticker previews. Even if a new system wouldn't display every react, if there weren't usernames it could show more. If you do opt for a Discord like system, I'm sure some users would like it if, upon click Austistic or Like you could see every poster who rated the post as such.

I can see why certain autists can't handle notifications when their posts get reacted to, but personally I had those notifications on. I don't really care now that they're gone but I know many others are butthurt about it.

Do you have any plans to revamp the highlight system? I imagine this is way more technically complex and a huge ask, but I'd like to see some changes. It would be great if you could customize what constitutes a highlight. Namely, I'd like to see Informative factored in as the most important sticker, perhaps coupled with Winner/Semper Fi. It would be helpful when browsing busy lolcow threads or catching up on very long ones. Maybe it wouldn't work on the off-topic boards but frankly I don't give a damn about those.

Anyway, I think the current system is great for the most part.

 

[RL Steinbeck]

@Null - Option #1 all the way.

I think fewer is better in this case. Limitations foster creativity and I think that applies to choosing reactions in a way.

The majority of reactions can be umbrellaed under the 6 or 7 basic human emotions, plus a handful of basic opinions (like something being dumb, optimistic, or autistic). You actually described this (probably a lot better than myself) in a suggested reaction sticker thread once but I'm having trouble finding the thread.

The Discord system looks like an absolute nightmare, and having dozens and dozens of choices will make the whole thing just feel diluted. I think it might subconsciously diminish our established sense of community/culture by making the way we interact with posts too generic and convoluted. I really don't want to have to try to parse what compelled someone to rate my post as a hotdog, or a ghost, or a cactus.

In my opinion, the current options are perfect, and adding the meme-related categories would be refreshing. Maybe throw in a few popular requests to the fold.

I will also add that I'm in support of keeping the positive/negative ratings in the background for reaction stickers, as it makes it easier to identify trolls/shit-stirrers when they have a negative reputation score noted.

 

[Ed Special]

Do we want posts to be flooded with reactions that aren't relevant to the post?

At least on this forum half those reactions won't be some flavor of rotdog/stinkditch pride or oppressive middle eastern shithole flag, although I will say that that gives you the benefit of making it easier to know who to add to your block list on Discord.

 

[HarblMcDavid]

If I had my druthers and could point a magic wand at the code to make it so:

-Reacts would display like discord/the tally way it used to work, hover the each react displayed to show the usernames, and for formatting where the number of different reacts exceeds the size of the bar they're placed on, a little ">" or "^" at the end of the bar, kind of like how windows hides system tray icons to show the rest in a pop-out.

-For actually reacting, I do like the idea of top level categories (like, dislike, neutral, gimmick?, for example) that expand into bigger categories kind of like Null suggested with option 1, as I think that makes the most sense for helping people know what their react means as far as things like the highlight system.

-As for the available reacts, I like the idea of some customs, but I don't like the idea of putting the whole ass unicode character set in for use, at least for Kiwi Farms. What we've got is pretty good as it stands.

Related to react system, but not as relevantly:

-Speaking of the highlight system, since reacts and highlights are kind of intertwined this is kind of related: if this is not already a feature, it would be nice to allow mods and/or some class of users to manually highlight a post if reacts don't get it there on their own. I've certainly noticed over time that sometimes the most informative and highlight worthy posts with regards to the subject of the thread don't always get highlighted, however the posts in response to those posts often do as some of those responding posts and spicy memes are pretty good, but that's a slight issue for someone trying to get caught up quickly without missing important information.

-From a "license the software to other people for dinars, dollars, or pounds fucking sterling" perspective, I think it makes sense to permit feeding in whatever character sets or custom react packs they want, and then allow admins to categorize reacts into buckets (like, dislike, neutral, or just allow them to create buckets and "values" for reacts within those buckets themselves) if they want to.

 

[Margo Martindale]

I like the way Discord displays reactions, and it would be interesting to see the reactions people use. If it gets to be too spammy or too much you could always just clamp down on it later.
I would limit it to 1 react per use though

 

[Magnificent Penis]

If you do the discord one there will probably be people making socks just so they can spell something out using stickers, similar to what they already do on discord all the time.

 

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

Please do not turn KF into der 'cord.

Spoiler: My proposal