Reactions are here - update from MNHQ

[KatyMumsnet]

We’ve listened to your feedback! While many of you have enjoyed the ‘Thanks’ button, you also told us that you'd love more ways to express your feelings on the site.

Starting today, you now have the choice of four reactions:
‘Agree’, ‘Love’, ‘Funny’, and ‘Thanks’.

Here’s how it works:

• Select the ‘React’ button underneath the OP or reply.
• Choose the reaction that reflects how you feel about the post.
• Reactions are private and are only visible to the post owner.
• You can select one reaction per post.

We hope this gives you even more ways to engage with posts and share how you feel.

Let us know your thoughts or any questions in the comments below!

Thank you!

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?

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

Well I like them - thank you

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?

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

'F' is less intrusive than unnecessarily quoting lengthy previous posts, though.
Wish MN would get rid of the quote tool.

I don’t like it. The ‘thanks’ was quick and inoffensive whereas having to ponder on a suitable reaction and how the RECIPIENT would take it means I will rarely use it any more. I can already foresee the laughing one being used to ridicule, and if, as I’ve read above, you will no longer see who has sent the emoji that’s even worse. I like to see who has “thanked” my posts.

Its also a pain to have to select each time you just want to acknowledge a post - sometimes I’ve thanked loads of posts and no way do I want to double the clicks, but also accidentally click the wrong one, I’m mindful the recipient is an individual and would hate to cause offence through an innocent wrong choice because of the stubby fingers mistake!

So no, I don’t think I’ll use this very often.

You do see who has sent the emoji.

Now I understand why these pictures have been popping up as I scroll threads this morning. The React button is exactly where my thumb falls as I scroll. It’s v intrusive. Hate it. Hate it so much that I bothered to find this thread to comment on it.
Please give me an option to remove it.

Yes, the pop-up pictures are a problem. I'm seeing a great big laughing face as I hover/scroll in the vicinity of posts describing bereavement, depression and other deep sadnesses. @KatyMumsnet

I've simply turned all notifications off. I don't need to be told that someone has thanked me or whatever.

Please will you go back to the “thanks”. I liked clicking one button to show appreciation, not to have to consider what my reaction is. I liked being able to see who thanked me.

And whatever you do, don’t make likes etc visible to others. I’ve already seen one person saying “I got 40 thanks for my post (so I must be right)”

Agree

You can see who reacted why are people still saying you can't?

Childish, don't like them and could be goading.

Why has it added an extra tap/click? I'm less inclined to use it because of that.

On Facebook the default is a thumbs up, and anything else requires a second tap. You could have 'thanks' (not clapping) as default.

I've played with it a bit, and the Reaction button feels unneccesary and detracts from the reason I come here: to read and listen, not to click a button to then choose multiple reactions. I liked the thanks because it was a simple, instant way to agree with or thank the poster.

But MN won't change it back. It's like all tech, constant enshittification and no interest in the actual user experience. And gradually we'll get used to this iteration too...