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Oh wow. I am like super late to this party (well - I mean maybe more like funeral, but whatever).
I'm not exactly a huuuge fan. I guess to me, it seemed to sort of come out of left field. I understand y'all are admins so you listen to a lot of the discourse going on in the other threads for community -- totally get that. It's your job. But, I see it as a sort of 'survivability fallacy." The people who don't complain (who may be the vast majority) don't post about it at all. So the only side that exists on the threads is the people who do post complaints, which may give a way bigger impression of discontent than there actually is.
Personally, it feels like, with something that affects the site that much (I'm gonna say we all use ratings pretty heavily) I would've liked a poll of some kind to sort of get a feel for the opinion of the site before making a change. Time will tell if we get used to it.
As far as the actual emojis themselves, I feel like we sort of lost some depth (though I think we can all agree Go Home, You're Drunk was universally panned). That may be just be due to 'site culture' adding more meanings to each rating than what it was on face value, making it difficult for new members (but honestly that same problem's probably going to keep cropping up no matter what - sites end up with a culture that ends up being inaccessible for a bit to new members, it's just how groups of people work).
While I agree that the 'You Need A Hug' was confusing because of the alien in it, the general feel of it should be kept - sympathy. The crying emoji doesn't seem to really get that across other than 'that made me sad'. The 'you get a cookie' emoji felt a lot more like a 'thank' and a 'great job!' all rolled in one, and I'm really unsure how that was somehow construed as negative.
I agree we needed a "that was friggin' hilarious" rating because I've had issues with that in the past. Though honestly the 'crying-laughing' emoji would have fit that better than a smiling face. That might just be me.
The others gave a lot more of a reason for WHY we liked a specific post, rather than just 'liking' it or 'loving' it - basically, specificity. And maybe it's because I'm an old fogey, I really hate how flat the new emoticons look. I'm not sure what it is, but they seem to lack personality.
The only other gripe I've got is that the resource tabs for the coding only has like and love, whereas Useful and Thank You would very, very helpful in that area of the site for people who give coding advice/have coding questions. Expanding some of the ratings there would be awesome.
Somewhat, just the fact I want my cake and to eat it too. Maybe we can have some reinstated?Like my beloved You Get a Hug?
I'm not exactly a huuuge fan. I guess to me, it seemed to sort of come out of left field. I understand y'all are admins so you listen to a lot of the discourse going on in the other threads for community -- totally get that. It's your job. But, I see it as a sort of 'survivability fallacy." The people who don't complain (who may be the vast majority) don't post about it at all. So the only side that exists on the threads is the people who do post complaints, which may give a way bigger impression of discontent than there actually is.
Personally, it feels like, with something that affects the site that much (I'm gonna say we all use ratings pretty heavily) I would've liked a poll of some kind to sort of get a feel for the opinion of the site before making a change. Time will tell if we get used to it.
As far as the actual emojis themselves, I feel like we sort of lost some depth (though I think we can all agree Go Home, You're Drunk was universally panned). That may be just be due to 'site culture' adding more meanings to each rating than what it was on face value, making it difficult for new members (but honestly that same problem's probably going to keep cropping up no matter what - sites end up with a culture that ends up being inaccessible for a bit to new members, it's just how groups of people work).
While I agree that the 'You Need A Hug' was confusing because of the alien in it, the general feel of it should be kept - sympathy. The crying emoji doesn't seem to really get that across other than 'that made me sad'. The 'you get a cookie' emoji felt a lot more like a 'thank' and a 'great job!' all rolled in one, and I'm really unsure how that was somehow construed as negative.
I agree we needed a "that was friggin' hilarious" rating because I've had issues with that in the past. Though honestly the 'crying-laughing' emoji would have fit that better than a smiling face. That might just be me.
The others gave a lot more of a reason for WHY we liked a specific post, rather than just 'liking' it or 'loving' it - basically, specificity. And maybe it's because I'm an old fogey, I really hate how flat the new emoticons look. I'm not sure what it is, but they seem to lack personality.
The only other gripe I've got is that the resource tabs for the coding only has like and love, whereas Useful and Thank You would very, very helpful in that area of the site for people who give coding advice/have coding questions. Expanding some of the ratings there would be awesome.
Somewhat, just the fact I want my cake and to eat it too. Maybe we can have some reinstated?