We're using this reaction system across the whole site, it's incredibly common to have a down vote. I can see it being used for polls, feedback (it's what I'll be using it for on the forums), etc.

If we see people abusing it by leaving negative reactions across the site we'll take action by banning them from that system. Reactions are being added to our hell ban system, where people will be put into a kind of timeout (or permanent) where they only see their and other negative reactions.

If I'm wrong about this I'll totally own up to it, but I know this community and how they'll be used (especially since they're public)

I'd like to take this conversation away from the reactions, which are a part (you react to get things to move up the trending chart) but not the entirety of this feature.

I'll make changes if we see a sweeping cloud of negativity (allow you to choose if you'd like negative reactions) but this system is shared across news comments, news posts, forum posts, etc, places were a down vote might be useful. I also have the 👎 flagged as "negative" in the system, and we can split out the component for areas that don't have any need for a negative reaction if needed. However, there isn't any indication that it will be needed and I'd like to see what is possible with the various reactions available.

Still working on getting the mass editing out, hopefully today but we've got another release that is taking priority.

just to clarify, this thread isn’t the whole community’s view on the feature 😭. I hear the concern, though, and I really think we’ve thought through how to prevent the kind of issues you’re worried about. plus, we’ve already got ways to address misuse if it starts happening. i outlined a few above, but they come down to including toggles, or completely filtering the 👎 from various of the "reaction" panels. i would still want it possible on posts for example, and it seems like we're not in agreement that they should even be there.

a 👎 isn’t about being negative; it’s about balance and feedback. imagine using it in a quick poll, or for low-stakes votes on ideas, or even, ironically, to vote down this thread if you disagree instead of just commenting!

i’m keeping an eye on this and ready to adjust if needed, but i think this community can use it constructively and isn't going to inherently approach it as a negative tool. let’s try it and see and hopefully 🤞 I'm not proven wrong.

I'm not sure what feedback was asked for, this is an update thread about saved avatars! I appreciate the request for a poll on each of these topics, but I've asked for specific feedback where I'm looking for it and in the end I'm making decisions for the 40,000 active users who user the site monthly while listening to the folks who are able to post on the forums.

Also a real part of this is the new ability to add rich text to your outfit: https://kumos.subeta.net/wardrobe/outfit/1466915 like this outfit here.

I can imagine very easily being able to use that space to say:

Use the 👍 to say keep the wig Use the 👎 to say lose the wig Use the 💖 to say do ... idk something else (Those are the default / available reactions, maybe we'll add more! I can also replace the 👎 or remove it, but I really think it might come in handy! I'm okay if I'm wrong immediately)

(sorry i'm not feeling very creative right now 😭) and be able to build out more polls/fun/choice with the page being more customizable.

I feel like every time I finish a post I refresh and have to edit mine to respond to yours 🙃 (that makes it feel like we're almost in real time, how fun!)

Yeah - the number seems high but if you consider most people sign on once or twice a week and do dailies or even just check their comments and sMail. Over the year we have about double that many active users (~80,000) and there are a lot of people who sign on only for one or two events a year, or just sign on once (maybe they have a calendar event with friends they made when they were kids? no idea).

The 200-600 you see online most days are folks who sign on daily, but most of them still don't venture that far into the forums!

Thanks for the feedback eveyone - this launched with the composting feature (https://kumos.subeta.net/news/23101) and I decided to not include the 👎. I'll think of a way to present what I thought the use cases would be and have those in a separate feedback thread.

Thanks again, back to saved avatar improvements ;)