A couple of months ago, we removed the one-click laugh emoji.
The regular laugh emoji
stayed and has always been here.
We removed the one-click emoji as people were using it to laugh AT other people. And not with. It was being used as an eye roll, "that's ridiculous" statement to mock posters.
I'm probably too much on the inclusive side of things, but there aren't many things I think kills community faster than people mocking and laughing at each other.
I'd hoped the forum would understand what we tried to do there. Many did not.
The reactions, some private, was some of the most disappointing stuff I've seen on the forum in the 25 years we've had it. I saw people I thought were friends not even give the courtesy of a reply on messages I sent. I had some of the ugliest "you don't have a clue about the forum" stuff I'd ever seen on the forum.
It was super discouraging to try and do something good and have the response be so ugly. But it is what it is.
I told folks I'd give it another look and I did. Effective now, we're going to give the one-click laugh emoji another try.
But I still hate the laughing AT other people thing.
To be clear, I've asked the mods to remove any posters who do this. And this will be completely a judgement call on the moderators. So please don't push it.
I love it if we can use it the way it's meant and genuinely laughing with other posters.
Thanks for being part of the forums.
The regular laugh emoji

We removed the one-click emoji as people were using it to laugh AT other people. And not with. It was being used as an eye roll, "that's ridiculous" statement to mock posters.
I'm probably too much on the inclusive side of things, but there aren't many things I think kills community faster than people mocking and laughing at each other.
I'd hoped the forum would understand what we tried to do there. Many did not.
The reactions, some private, was some of the most disappointing stuff I've seen on the forum in the 25 years we've had it. I saw people I thought were friends not even give the courtesy of a reply on messages I sent. I had some of the ugliest "you don't have a clue about the forum" stuff I'd ever seen on the forum.
It was super discouraging to try and do something good and have the response be so ugly. But it is what it is.
I told folks I'd give it another look and I did. Effective now, we're going to give the one-click laugh emoji another try.
But I still hate the laughing AT other people thing.
To be clear, I've asked the mods to remove any posters who do this. And this will be completely a judgement call on the moderators. So please don't push it.
I love it if we can use it the way it's meant and genuinely laughing with other posters.
Thanks for being part of the forums.