Ratings symbols - possible additions

[Progster]

So, the bomb would be when someone posts something that totally amazes you, gives you a whole new way of looking at something? Like, oh, wow AMAZING! ?

And the pi symbol which I initially thought of as like this would be the Greek letter? Cool. And that's to signify, this idea has given me something to think about?

Plus you would use the doughnut, to say hey, don't argue, calm down and have a doughnut? Do you picture a chocolate doughnut? Which surely is a fine doughnut?

I can see that with some of those that there might be a problem with interpretation, I mean, if I see a bomb symbol applied to my post, I might not understand whether the person is amazed, or shocked/devastated. I wouldn't get the psi symbol, I might think that it is something like psyche. I wouldn't get the doughnut, either, unless it were explained. I'd think that it's a torus that symbolises infinity or something

 

[Thinx]

I can see that with some of those that there might be a problem with interpretation, I mean, if I see a bomb symbol applied to my post, I might not understand whether the person is amazed, or shocked/devastated. I wouldn't get the psi symbol, I might think that it is something like psyche. I wouldn't get the doughnut, either, unless it were explained. I'd think that it's a torus that symbolises infinity or something

You make some good points.

I notice that currently when I add an emoji rating, it's function name comes up beside it, but I only learned that through using it, whereas the emojis are supposed to signal an approximate meaning visually.

To me, and this may be my lack of visual abilities, coupled with a lack of intuition, some of the emojis are guessable, but the ones for useful and creative were not intuitively understood by me, and I still often use the heart in 2 ways, to mean sympathy, and to mean friendly. Sometimes I think it could mean I feel friendly towards the OP...

Yes a bomb wouldn't be intuitive for me, although it does express a big reaction, like wow!

@Progster , do you have alternative ideas for these?

 

[Progster]

do you have alternative ideas for these?

Well, the peace symbol could be a gun with a flower in the barrel... or just a flower.
A meditative one, a cross-legged figure in a yoga position, or perhaps just a brain with thinking bubbles coming up from it.

 

[Streetwise]

Id like one for you're an antisemite .2. I don't know, the latter quote should be carved on my gravestone,another one, please G-d read some posts on this forum before you ask a question that we endlessly answer,another one if you don't have autistic neurology I can't explain what you want !.

I'm very picture based and it's shattering speaking in neurotypical .

 

[Thinx]

Id like one for you're an antisemite .2. I don't know, the latter quote should be carved on my gravestone,another one, please G-d read some posts on this forum before you ask a question that we endlessly answer,another one if you don't have autistic neurology I can't explain what you want !.

I'm very picture based and it's shattering speaking in neurotypical .

Well I'm pretty sure from what @Nitro said earlier on this thread, that we won't be able to have emojis that represent negative statements. The mods feel they would lead to conflict, I think. Maybe we can think of friendly ways of saying your points?

 

[Crossbreed]

Maybe we can think of friendly ways of saying your points?

Anti-semite...?

 

[Thinx]

Anti-semite...?

It would probably have to be less specific in its focus. Something like a yellow card maybe? Like they have in football. To warn people whose posts may be problematic?

 

[tlc]

Good that I found this, I was hoping a thread like this existed. I get confused by some of the reaction possibilities.

One is the heart. I would think it refers to loving a post (beyond like), but “friendly” leads me to believe it’s more like sympathy. As posted, it would be nice if there was a hug or teardrop or something more fitting for sympathy.

So right now, is winner the equivalent of the love reaction we don’t have?

I think winner is good for being over the top agreement, mic drop, best post in the thread. I would see a bomb as negative, like someone wants my post destroyed or taken down.

I do like the idea of interesting, one that really leaves you thinking. Lightbulb maybe, as said earlier?

Some of the others like creative, informative, etc. I don’t really use, because to me, they’re only describing the post content. They don’t describe how I actually feel about the post. But others find them useful and that’s cool.

Another thing that would be nice, is if a click automatically brought up the selection box, instead of assuming a thumbs up.