Reactions - is two enough?

[deana]

If we were to add another reaction I think a "care"/ kind of reaction is exactly what I would want. For the most part the two reactions we have are fine but sometimes I just want to hug everyone. I do also like the idea of love being just a normal heart, I feel like that could have sorta the same effect.

 

[Drawdler]

We definitely need a care reaction. I keep feeling weird about giving likes to stuff in the ”what‘s bothering you?” thread when it’s really about caring.

A sad reaction or a spooked reaction could be okay. I’d like a lol reaction, but I feel it could be used passive-aggressively which wouldn’t be great.

Big fan of Smogon’s reactions, which are actually Pokemon-themed, maybe we could make ours AC-themed.

 

[Midoriya]

If we were to add another reaction I think a "care"/ kind of reaction is exactly what I would want. For the most part the two reactions we have are fine but sometimes I just want to hug everyone. I do also like the idea of love being just a normal heart, I feel like that could have sorta the same effect.

I agree. Honestly, a heart emoji would make more sense to me since the like react is literally just a thumbs up. Like where did this whole man's face come from for the love react?

 

[Croconaw]

I wouldn't be opposed at all to a care reaction. I think that'd be a perfect third react. Is this the start of an implementation?

Just not a laughing react because nothing good can come from that.

 

[Gene.]

Mine is super basic, but just a heart. Same as the 'like' but a feels less cold than a . Something really cute I'd love to see is something similar to "awards" Reddit and Steam have on posts, where users buy certain reactions or awards for posts they REALLY like.

 

[Goldi Locks]

Maybe just get rid of reactions altogether so we all start telling people our opinions to their faces. What can possibly go wrong?

 

[Aerith]

would like to add my voice to the crowd saying I'd love for the weird man to be replaced with a heart

I just like reactions in general, so I'd be happy with anything, but I think a 'care' reaction would be the most useful and appropriate for the forum

 

[oath2order]

While I'd like more reactions, I can see why only two have been chosen. Laugh reacts can be used and abused as a method of trolling, angry reacts could be used for trolling or creating heated arguments.

I guess if a lot of people like/love your post, it means they agree with you or you've just posted an absolutely fire joke

While I see your point about the laugh reacts, maybe this is just my opinion, but this forum seems to have a lot less trolling atmosphere as compared to previous years...Believe me I know about trolling on here

I feel like the arguments against the laugh react, both the ones brought up when reacts first came about, and the arguments being brought up now (which is a wordy way of saying the arguments are the same), are being a little overly-sensitive (this might not be the best way to word this, but I don't have the proper wording). It just comes off as over-thinking the possibilities of what people might possibly do, while ignoring that those possibilities are probably not actually going to happen.

Hell, if someone posts that you lost your entire island save or a favorite villager, someone could still react with "".

I can understand why a laughing react wouldn't be the best idea. I love the Camp TBT reacts though; I think it'd be cool if we could have 1 permanent react that is in a similar vein. Maybe a gyroid or like... a turnip? Maybe we could have a limited amount to use per day?

Oh my god this is how we bring back the Gyroid emotes. Absolutely I support this. A Gyroid smile and a Gyroid heart react would be nice.

A lemon perhaps?

Or a rainbow Kracko.

If we were to add another reaction I think a "care"/ kind of reaction is exactly what I would want. For the most part the two reactions we have are fine but sometimes I just want to hug everyone. I do also like the idea of love being just a normal heart, I feel like that could have sorta the same effect.

That's a good one, IMO. It's absolutely an unambiguous show of support, and I don't think that could be misconstrued.



As an overall summary though, as we all know, the forums are in a bit of a lull as it's in between Animal Crossing games. I think now is the perfect time to try out some of the different reactions suggested here, like some of the ones that were suggested, and see how people actually use them.

 

[LittleMissPanda]

I'm fine with the two we currently have but not against the idea of having maybe one or two more, should they ever really decide to. Which I don't think will officially happen anyway, besides event-specific ones such as camp.

I think using emojis in our posts fulfills that role quite nicely, when used accordingly and appropriately of course. They're a lot of fun on their own and can really convey how strongly you feel about something. Or just make your posts cuter I guess lol

 

[oath2order]

I'm fine with the two we currently have but not against the idea of having maybe one or two more, should they ever really decide to. Which I don't think will officially happen anyway, besides event-specific ones such as camp.

I think using emojis in our posts fulfills that role quite nicely, when used accordingly and appropriately of course. They're a lot of fun on their own and can really convey how strongly you feel about something. Or just make your posts cuter I guess lol

Your useagw of frog has convinced me the need for a Jambette react.

 

[Xara]

i agree that “” and “” reacts probably wouldn’t be very wise to add, since i can see them being misused for trolling, adding to or starting arguments, and being used in inappropriate and hurtful ways, but i definitely wouldn’t be opposed to a “” or even a “” react. like others have already said, i’ve always felt weird about liking other people’s posts when they’re talking about something sad or upsetting, especially in the “what’s bothering you?” thread. i like their posts to kind of let the person know that i read it and am thinking about them, not because i like that they’re having a rough time, but it still kind of feels that way. a “” react would be great for moments like that

 

[kayleee]

I love the idea of a care emoji! I also would prefer to have just a plain heart emoji rather than the heart eyes.

I also feel there is a need for the jambette emoji from discord, it portrays a very specific emotion that I cannot explain

 

[LambdaDelta]

we need a headpat react

 

[Jacob]

A really nice emoji that I use a lot at work is

Can see this being really useful for trades

 

[Newbiemayor]

I can just see posting something like "had a rough day" and getting notifications like "(someone) 'cared about' your post." I think that'd be really nice and encouraging. More than if someone 'liked' or 'loved' the same post.

 

[oath2order]

we need a headpat react

Ewww no, I always found those to be patronizing.

 

[Belle T]

I actually don't have a problem with the idea of a laughing react at its concept. I think every reaction has a propensity to be abused or misinterpreted. I don't see this mindset much now, but I remember when forums first started to introduce likes, there was a sort of confusion as to what "like" meant. So if you were describing a horrific accident or personal tragedy, would the "like" be a gesture of emotional support, or would it mean that the user was happy that the personal tragedy happened? I know that seems silly thinking about it now, but these are things I remember people sincerely grappling with. I personally think the more consistent problem would be people making low quality posts with the hopes of getting that specific reaction, not so much abusing them to troll or bully other members. Not that I can't picture it happening occasionally, but I think anyone who is that callous is probably less likely to be afraid of just outright vocalizing it. Granted, from my experience--which mind you is not very extensive--when interpersonal drama breaks out on this forum, it tends to be comparatively pettier than what I've seen elsewhere, so perhaps I could be easily proven wrong.

However, I agree that any reaction that expresses a negative emotion--anger, etc.--is unwise for a forum of this nature. It has a much greater propensity to be abused, but even when used properly it has the inadvertent side effect of branding users as firebrands or generally unpleasant if their opinion doesn't align with the majority consensus on a given topic. Generally, there's no context on an Animal Crossing forum where I can imagine receiving a notification like "Your post made this user very angry" and not have it dampen my overall mood.

Of course, there are many other reactions to choose from, so it's not like we're limited to just these two options if the staff ever decide to expand the range of reactions. I just thought I'd share my two cents on these particular points. Honestly, I usually forget we have a "Love" reaction half the time, because I just click to "like" instantly.

 

[themysterybidder]

I would like a sad face and/or a hug reaction as sometimes I've wanted to react to a comment without posting.

 

[Aquilla]

Having more options during this event really made me wish we had more than two. I particularly like the shooting star, to me it somehow takes the position between and (would also prefer a heart). So having a third option that isn’t “like” or “love” but just “hey I see you” would be great.

 

[Yanrima~]

Not really related to the subject of adding new reactions, but I would like the "accepted" reaction in tbt events to be always visible. Sometimes, the event reaction could overlap the accepted reaction made by the staff and I would like to see a clear indication of eligible entries in tbt events. Or make more room for one more reaction shown in the post, especially the "accepted" post reaction.

As for the new reactions I would like to add, how about the amazed reaction or celebrate reaction .