Laugh reaction disappeared?

[Mareleine]

Hi so I reported my own post earlier (as per your instructions on this) because someone (obviously not me on my own post) had used a nasty mocking "laugh" emoji on my serious post. I even named the poster who had done it.

In the last hour, my own laugh reaction on posts has been removed. I have not used the laugh emoji to mock anyone.

Has someone mixed something up or has the laugh reaction been removed for everyone overnight? I'm hoping it's the latter because it's obviously being used to bully people and I've seen numerous threads on this before it happened to me.

Showing your true colours now aren't you?

You called people twats but report a laughing face. Oh the irony

well that escalated quickly.....

Lol.

The difference between saying something out in the open and using a laugh emoji privately is one involves other people seeing what you've said, and standing by it in the face of scrutiny from others, and being prepared to be disagreed with, and the other involves hiding away like a coward where only you and the person you've mocked can see it, which is quite insidious.

Precisely.

Absolutely.

I agree with this, reactions should be public and names attached

I agree

i am very glad it has gone
totally unnecessary, and misused

Dare I say... Perhaps we could just go back to the simple Thanks button 🙏🏻 (not the applause)

I agree.

@Agapornis I preferred it when there was only one reaction to choose. Now sometimes I'm thinking to myself "I'm not sure if agree or thanks is quite right for how I feel" where I never used to overthink it before.

If the hands clapping caption was changed, from Thanks to Applause, it would be a lot more versatile. It would even serve for Funny and using it for nasty reasons couldn't work.

Yes it has gone! I thought I had a glitch. 😆 Or I had (accidentally) put a laugh emoji on a serious post that had upset someone (I would never intentionally do this!) and MN had taken the option from me.

Glad to see it's gone. It was fun to use it to laugh at funny posts, but it was being abused, and used to mock people.

Thanks for listening to people MN!

It’s a shame as it was good to use when some made a good joke or witty (non-mocking) comment. Don’t really understand the mocking/bullying aspect as you can only choose to take it as such. If someone did that on any of my posts I honestly wouldn’t give one shit let alone two and it wouldn’t make me feel bullied/mocked, I’d just eye roll and go on my way as I had been previously and not give it another thought. Seems a lot of snow flaking. To be clear I’ve never done it that way for others but I guess I may have had it myself but again can’t be sure as don’t recall as I wouldn’t really acknowledge it to begin with.

Since the laugh reaction was being used inappropriately I'm glad it's been removed.

I would like to see a hug reaction or similar instead, to show support when someone posts something very sad or upsetting and/or it's very clear the poster is terribly upset and a hug might help, even if just a virtual hug from a stranger. It would be a small way to show empathy and support. The love reaction doesn't always seem like the best reaction to the type of post I'm referring to.

This. ^ You can tell (clearly) the people on here who used the laughing emoji to mock people. Comments like 'what a bunch of snowflakes' and 'well I don't care when someone does it to meeeeeee' and the like...

These people are salty - and wounded - because they can't get away with it anymore, and they can only post this >>>😂 on the thread, and everyone will get to see them for what they are. They can no longer hide behind the hidden laughing emoji that no-one sees except the poster they're laughing at.

I like the 'love' button, but I'm always worried if people misinterpret my intentions.

I see it used (and sometimes use it) in two different contexts: to either say that I love somebody's well-written comment or that I'm sending love when somebody posts about a clearly upsetting event.

However I often hold off in the latter scenario and don't use an emoji at all, as I would hate somebody to think I was a weirdo who was somehow loving hearing about the bad things that have happened to them.

How do others use it?

Delighted it’s gone. I’ve complained to MNHQ about its misuse and outed people for using it against my posts.

It was nice to use when people were being funny but I’m happy to post the heart for that.

You never know how good a place somebody is in, though.

What one person may brush off with a 'meh', a vulnerable and/or struggling person could find really upsetting.

100% this. ^

Yes they're really outing themselves today on this thread and the one in AIBU. It's quite cathartic actually.

Such an overreaction. Some people agree with you, some don't. The conversation is really not as dramatic as you're making out

It can sometimes feel quite upsetting I'd imagine. I wouldn't necessarily report someone but I can understand why she did.