Dear MNHQ - A good suggestion regarding putting the laugh react emoji back.

[CandyCayne]

Please can you look at the suggestions on this thread regarding putting the laugh reaction back?

Yes, I'm well aware that it was removed because some awful people were abusing it.

But is it possible to bring it back as something that members can toggle on/off in their settings, if they do/don't want people to laugh react to their posts?

And if the tech team are feeling particularly generous, could they separate them out so we could toggle them on/off individually?

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5454841-to-think-we-should-have-the-option-to-have-the-laughing-emoji-on-our-threads?reply=148967218

JaneJeffer

that was rise😅😅😅

And if your post in on the same page or the previous post it's hard to miss them. I'll also often read my last post if someone has quoted part of it to remind myself what I wrote.

My earlier suggestion of having to toggle them on if you really want to see who's laughing/loving/etc your posts means that you can choose to receive them or not - rather than having them foisted on you.

MN's really going downhill...

I know 🤭

Loved the laughing emoji. Some great hillarious posts, some intentionally so, some not. Now we have to post a laughing emoji, which is backward.

Or forward, from a bullying pov. Too many dickheads on MN means we can't have nice things.

The post you patronisingly pulled me up on with your 'What a shame', was all about the PP talking about 'need' except you appeared to not understand that.

I've said all I'm going to say about this.

@BeckyAMumsnet any update on the result of the discussion please?

You can just type the laughing emoji 😂😂

God no, just sack them all off IMO..we don't need them

As you can with all the reactions.

Exactly. So it’s not necessary to have the MN version. It doesn’t give us anything we don’t already have.

Except with the reaction button you don't have to quote the funny post to show the reaction. Threads fill up really quickly when multiple people requote the same post in order to post a laughing emoji. It's so much easier if everyone who finds the post funny can just click a button on that one post.

I'm not going back into the arguments again but by your logic, we shouldn't have any reactions at all then.

Also, having a toggle on/toggle off reaction would not affect you one jot if you choose to toggle it off.

That way everyone's a winner, apart from those who simply want it to stay banned 'just because'.

I want it to stay banned because when I posted about being raped a number of people posted the laughing emoji. It might not seem like a big deal, but it was the first time I had opened up about it in my entire life. Given that reaction, I don’t think I’ll make the mistake of opening up about it again.

That awful. I hope those people got banned.

There are some brutally nasty posters on MN and I'm so sorry you were treated that way.

However, the toggle option removes anyone's ability to do something so vile.

I often wish there was a laugh emoji. Some people post some pretty funny things that I’d love to be able to easily express made me laugh, without having to do a a risk reply. The idea of being able to toggle it on and off is great.

I miss being able to use it, but I'm 100% in favour of it remaining banned. I was a recipient of the nasty sarcastic passive aggressive (😂) and I am a very long time Mumsnet user, kids all grown up, so I know how it can run here. I dreaded to think of how it affected new, more vulnerable, sleep deprived or lonely/struggling with mental health users. Mumsnet originally was set up for new mothers seeking ways to connect to others. Whilst it has greatly expanded in terms of users, that original mission should not be ruined because some users are frankly nasty bullies. On the relationships board in particular, it was absolutely dreadful.

I received it often because my opinion simply was not the trend on a thread. I had a different opposing view that wasn't popular. The whole point of a debate is having discussions with different povs, but some MN users, rather than just stepping back, cannot tolerate the opinions of others, but oh, they wish to appear tolerant in the open, (because I'll give it to MN other long-term mumsnetter's will slap bullying towards other posters down these days) so they are nasty and intimidating secretly. It then feels very personal.

I think sharing that you found something funny is actually nice to share on a thread, better even! Then you can laugh at the laugh. It gathers momentum. It's a group thing.

I'd say bring it back if you have the same relaxed rules as Reddit and Facebook where you can let rip as much as you want in return. But it won't be MN anymore.

The toggle thing. Well if I know I can toggle off maybe that's alright, but a person may not realise it's on, they may have it on naively not thinking that anyone will possibly mock their thread on struggling with domestic violence but being too afraid to leave yet, and just needing a handhold to get through the weekend. Then receive an unwelcome shock. New users might also not know how to negotiate the settings at first.

A long time ago I invited a brand new mum of 4 whose partner had just left her to come join me on Mumsnet for a boost.

First vulnerable post a conceited user attacked her grammar. She never posted again. So I dread to think the harm the laughing emoji was doing.

That's right, we shouldn't.

Get rid of all of them. We did well enough without them for years. They're not needed.

Agree with all of this. And I’m about to send you secret emoji response too!

i received a few of these PA mocking laughs. Not nice at all. I work with people including the public and I’m robust enough to deal with ranting parents. So I’m not overly sensitive

Im so sorry this happened. That is shocking and beyond cruel. What were they thinking? Bastards.

For this alone it should remain banned.

I agree, there's no real need for them, other than convenience. I liked MN better when you had to use your words.