Emoji reacts from Anonymous users

[ArabellaScott]

Why is this enabled? Are people who aren't logged in able to 'react'?

I'm getting laugh emojis from anonymous user/s.

Doesn't bother me, but I can imagine it might be upsetting, especially if someone is posting when fragile or seeking support.

But anyway, you might like to look at this.

That was me….
So I just logged out and then logged in using Apple rather than my Log In details. And then I reacted with a thumbs up on your post. But I couldn’t continue with a comment unless I added a username. Which btw I could do at screen level - didn’t need to go to register/log in to do it.
So yeah, agree with OP. Not good. No monitoring.

Oh that's interesting.

That's not good. It opens up a whole new way of trolls and undesirables posting laughing emojis on sensitive posts - ie illness, disaster, bereavement etc, in order to deliberately target the OP and upset them even more than they are already.

@MNHQ I hope you are reading this thread and taking note.

Exactly.

Hi there @ArabellaScott . Thanks for raising this. We will have a discussion about this in the office.

Perhaps the anonymous user is somebody that's been banned?

Possible!

Thanks, Hebe.

@garlicnorth Have you seen this thread?

Thanks, @HeySinnerman, I hadn't!

I hate this feature. It is far too easy to accidentally hit the button just while scrolling on the phone. Goodness knows how many inapprpriate reactions I might have left by accident.

I agree. I wish they'd just get rid of it. Pointless.