Reaction emojis- why has mumsnet removed the laughing reaction?

[Onlyharmony]

Has anyone else noticed that it's gone?

Some posts are genuinely funny so I like to react to them.

I also suggested once we have a wow face and a sad one.

Does anyone use them much? What reactions would you like to see?

who's worried? You seem keen to get a reaction from me, I am not sure why?

But, no, they have to make so much extra work for MNHQ that everybody loses the facility to quickly share amusement

but this hasn’t actually happened though has it

you can absolutely share your amusement on this post and many others

Just noticed this. On a funny tv thread and now can’t laugh. Poor show Mumsnet! Would also like a dislike emoji. We don’t live in marshmallow fairytale land !

but what "visibility" and "accountability"? It's an anonymous forum, where you can name-change for every thread if you have nothing better to do.

Most posts on MN add absolutely nothing to the discussion anyway.
I mean, 100 of replies down, and there's always at least one "I haven't read the thread but...". That's a public forum for you.

It's bizarre that the permanently offended get the final say, because someone 😂at them and they're so miffed they can't cope.

😂

I've still got it on my MN post emoji options.

No sorry, me being dumb you meant as a reaction emoji.

Why would MN remove that? It can only be seen by the poster..

Haha :) Don't worry, I wouldn't be offended. Sometimes I do use the reactions especially if someone has said thanks to me I try to say thanks back.

😂

Why are posters saying they can’t post laughter…i just did

is it an app thing maybe?

its only the hidden laughter one thats missing…

On the React button.

I made the same mistake - they're not saying you can't post the laughing emoji on posts, everyone can.

They're saying they can't post it as a reaction to someone's posts anymore.

The little 'react' option below everyone's posts. Used to include a laughing emoji, now the only options are applause, thumbs up or heart.

yeah i know green

i just can’t work out why people are upset that a hidden laughter one reaction has gone

if the laugh emoji had gone then maybe they would have a point…but its just the hidden one

Hidden?

bybluemoose

oh i wasnt mistaken, i knew people meant the hidden one

but cos I couldn’t understand why some posters were so unhappy about it I thought maybe all the laugh emoji had gone 😀

Still don’t k ow what you mean by hidden laughter.

You can't name change within a thread. If somone feels the urge to dig at a poster, now they have to do it on the thread where other people can see it and possibly also respond to it, maybe not in the way you might like.

Visibility and accountability. Nothing is perfect, but forcing nastyness into the sunlight is usually a good thing.

Oh and just to pick you up on a little point here - "permanently offended" usually refers to taking offence at something that is maybe a little tone deaf but not intended to be offensive. The PA laughing emoji dig is deliberate. Aside from maybe the occasional mis-type or laughing at a funny post from someone you have so far been disagreeing with, it's not something that could be misconstrued. So you could perhaps critcise them for being thin-skinned, but not for taking offense that wasn't intended.

The little 'react' option below everyone's posts. Used to include a laughing emoji, now the only options are applause, thumbs up or heart.

as per bybluemoose post

Yes but it’s not hidden. It’s a react button.

The op clearly says it’s about Reaction emojis.

No. I mean putting it under every single post I wrote. (Including finding me on other threads and doing it there too) Or are you actually implying it's used to 'disagree?'. It'd be a very passive aggressive way to 'disagree' wouldn't it ? I don't understand how you've concluded that I cannot take people 'disagreeing?'

yes i know its a reaction button

some posters are saying they can’t react to a post with a laugh

they can…they can’t put a laugh reaction on a post that is ‘hidden’ to everyone on the thread except the recipient

Yes we know but the thread is about why MN have removed it.

I'm sure you'll cope without it.

I'm sure you'll cope without it.

I'm not sure they will, some people seem a wee bit cheesed off about it

I'm sure they are but the bosses have been actively watching since the last time it was brought up and have seen enough misuse of it to take it away.

This.

i went to use it thus afternoon & it was gone 😢. It had become do handy when you just wanted to quickly sooorevuste the humour without quoting the oust.

but the posters using it in a bitchy way spoilt it for everyone! I guess MNHQ got fed up of the reports about it

it was used bitchily against me but I didn't report it. It felt too 'playground snitching' but they did encourage people to report the misuse of it 🤷🏻‍♀️