Please Mumsnet to bring back the laugh cry emoticon in the 'respond' options

[grizzlyoldbear]

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Please don't... It was mainly used passive aggressively

Please

How do you know how an anonymous reaction is being used?

I can’t believe they got rid of it, utterly ridiculous.

Yes please

Someone must have complained

I agree.

Apparently it was used to mock people having a hard time.
I think we can assume that if people were upset about it, and reported it, it’s probably true.

I never use the emojis but agree with it being gone. Too many keyboard warriors anonymously hitting the laugh emoji to be mean.

Not that hard to reply to a funny post with a laugh emoji instead.

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Please. There are so many funny posts on here. And people do complain about anything now.

So many funny ones...

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I liked the laugh emoji! I used it to let people know I appreciated their humour!

Or even with the reaction love heart if its too much to quote the post and use a laugh emoji

I didn't know it had gone until I went to use the laugh one yesterday for a funny post that was a play on words about Dickens, the novelist.
Don't see the sense in removing it. I often see posts that strike me as witty, sharp or amusing in some way and want to register that without fuss. It's a quick and easy way to do it without intruding upon a thread.

Yes!

It's simply showing appreciation for humour. If anything, using the quote to be passive aggressive feels more public and shaming than just a private reaction

So reply with a laughter emoji in the message for everyone to see.

Oh lord who cares if someone used it to be mean that's on them mnhq please bring laughter backs

But you have to keep quoting post for that, then adding your own emoji. It's a lot less fun 😅

I saw a thread about it, can’t find it now. People complaining about passive aggression something or other.

That just extends threads unnecessarily. I might have enjoyed the post, but not everyone will.

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