Reactions are here - update from MNHQ

It's the ones who reply with 'F' that piss me off. Nothing else. Learn to bookmark and switch on notifications!!

This. I don't use the desktop version at all.

Surely having reactions will stop all the 1000s of repetitive posts.

This is a very regressive step. You should have left the 'laugh' function off. Part of what makes Facebook so toxic is the 'laughs' used by people who disagree with/want to goad you.

Bad move, Mumsnet. Very very bad move.

I would prefer you do changes that are actually worthwhile, like taking the time limit off editing.
And removing the 1000 post limit for threads, or at least extend it to 2500 or 5000. The amount of threads on here that fill up so quickly with people mindlessly posting congratulations or such to a person is ridiculous. There is a thread in AIBU that is up to Thread THREE, about to go to Thread four, about a woman who was cheated on and just had a baby. And its all because of literally hundreds of people all posting the same 'congratulations' mindlessly, not thinking that perhaps the OP doesn't want to read 800 posts saying the same fucking thing! Its beyond ridiculous. People just don't think. Another thread about a husband wanting his to pay him while she was on maternity leave filled up before the OP ever got a chance to reply as to how he talk went with her DH. Absolutely fucking ridiculous. Most were all mindlessly saying the same thing.

Yeah me too. The horrid emojis pop up when you're trying to read things. Can we have an emoji free version please?

I would prefer just the simple chat rather than people seeing how many 'likes' or 'laughs' they can get..it's getting too much like Facebook now.

Thanks for letting me know that - I haven't experienced it personally, I took at face value what another poster said. Silly me, I should have checked it out myself.

You can see who’s reacted on your post, click the emojis and it shows who reacted

What does Love mean? You are sending love to the person because they're having a bad time? Or you love what they've posted because it's clever, or very apt, or sums up the situation, or gives good advice? Or is it like the heart on twitter which just means 'I agree with you'? I can't use it unless we're all on the same page!
And why can't we see who has reacted to our post?
And why don't the reactions show up to other people?

Well I like them - thank you

Errrrr, yeah they do. I'd never forgive you DreamW3aver if you gave me a like instead of a lol.

I don't know if you can change it but why would it matter if you accidentally clicked the wrong one, no one takes anonymous reactions as anything serious do they?

Thank you!

I like the change. I often had similar real life reactions to things I read and it feels quite nice to share them with the poster in the right spirit.

I thought the previous thanks button was perfect as it covered everything.
If someone was funny, ironic, helpful or I just agreed, especially if it went against the tide. I would also use it to acknowledge a sad post, to say I read and I feel for you.

Just please never make a thanks button public as some want.
A money saving forum was one of the first and they had public thanks buttons back then.
Society twenty years ago was far more polite than now but it brought out some horrible traits in posters.
Begging for thanks and coming back on to chastise a poster for not thanking them were just two.

I disagree. The writer may not intend to be funny, but the words used could may well amuse the reader. I’d always see it as a positive in a I’m glad I brightened your day, kind of a way.

All the emojis are positive ones. That is a good thing. If somebody is the sort of person who uses such things aggressively, then of course they will see and perceive aggression in others, even when there is none.

The one thing I would hate to see is a thumbs down, or any other expression of negativity. If a reader wants to object to or dislikes a post, then use your words to reply. The emojis we’ve been given are good, positive ones.

As some others have said, I’d like to see another reaction to show sympathy/empathy - a hug, maybe?

Having said all that, I think things are being made unnecessarily complicated. I am in the camp of ‘meh, whatever’. The simple ‘thanks’ was enough to give thanks/I agree/support/encouragement.

You can. Or take it away entirely

What if you click the wrong one by mistake? You can't amend it.

Bloody hell. I must have clicked on something merciful.

I want an angry one

MN sends the email unless you say you don’t want them 😂

The range seems quite narrow.

I would like to commiserate, or show empathy please.

Also to disagree.

It’s handy for the Wordle thread and things like that rather than thanking everyone on the thread

You allowed thanks to your email? I hope this is ultimate troll.

This doesn't work on my phone