If you were put in charge of Mumsnet's emoji responses...

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What responses would you want and what symbols would you choose for them?

Or would you scrap them altogether?

(I don't feel the current ones are the right choice and neither do the pictures make much sense).

The two I most wish for are a Like (thumbs up) and a Care (some kind of hug emoji, with no smile).

Yes I think they'd be useful, I get confused between Agree and Thanks, I think one is redundant, a general Like would be better. Also would like to get rid of the laugh emoji as it has caused some upset for recipients if used cynically. Could have some kind of disagree one.

Yes, I don't get the "thanks" being a clapping emoji.

I think an old style MN would be good as a general warm response. On similar lines a !

Good question. I would like a hug emoji and a sad face emoji.

I would like a “banging my head on a brick wall” emoji

I'd like a puzzled face emoji

I agree with what you've said tbh. I think a like / agree 👍 and a care / hug 🫂 would be better.

I didn't know until recently that some people use the laughing face / funny 😄 maliciously (to laugh at people's misfortune or whatever). If that's happening obviously HQ should be banning the people who do it

I think they should get rid of the laughing emoji as is constantly misused

Definitely a hug emoji.

Keep the rest. I don't mind the laugh emoji. Sometimes people are really funny, and I don't mind occasional snarky laughs directed at me.

I think:

Agree (thumbs up) makes sense.

Hug emoji for support.

Disagree emoji (thumbs down)

100 emoji for 100% nailed it.

Sad face too for sad posts.

Why do we need emojis at all? If you agree or disagree with someone you can tell them that

At the risk of opening up an old conversation, the current choices are baffling.

I love the MN and find myself looking for it on WhatsApp.

I think they're a better alternative to lots of people posting. "This" or "I agree".

It could be argued that the eye roll emoji has a place.

Thumbs down or dislike.

I wouldn't like a thumbs down emoji tbh. You'd just get people manically down voting everything they disagree with like reddit.