More Emojis/Reactions

[AutomaticApple]

On a different XenForo forum, I noticed that there are much more emojis and reactions available. Is there a reason as to why MacRumors has disabled/changed some of these? Just curious... 🤔

(All of the emojis in the emoji picker are in the XenForo style)

 

[arn]

I don't think we changed any of those intentionally. It may be because those were added as default at some point and our defaults stayed with whatever we had years ago.

 

[AutomaticApple]

I don't think we changed any of those intentionally. It may be because those were added as default at some point and our defaults stayed with whatever we had years ago.

Oh, okay. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying! 👍

 

[I7guy]

The "I agree" emoji and "head-banging" emoji are desperately needed. I think those two emojis alone could reduce the number of words posted by 50%.

 

[countryside]

Side note - is the "disagree" reaction gone?

 

[Weaselboy]

Side note - is the "disagree" reaction gone?

It is only there in news threads.

 

[theSeb]

Oh, okay. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying! 👍

Don't forget that you don't need to restrict yourself to just forum emoji. You can type your own

🧐😎🥺🥶👻🖐🤔🚜🚚🚕

Of course that does not help with reactions.

 

[JosephAW]

Why hasn’t Apple moved emoji updates from an iOS update to an add on iMessage module update?
That way older iOS version can still get the latest updates.

 

[TonyC28]

Comments disabled on the new emoji article?

 

[Atlantico]

Comments disabled on the new emoji article?

Front page threads without comments

We have been testing turning off comments for threads that are "political".

forums.macrumors.com

We have been testing turning off comments for threads that are "political".

 

[nicho]

Why hasn’t Apple moved emoji updates from an iOS update to an add on iMessage module update?
That way older iOS version can still get the latest updates.

Because they aren't just pictures, they're representations at a system-level like every single letter or piece of punctuation you've read so far in this post of mine. What you want would be impossible.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

Umm, did macrumors actually remove the dislike button?

 

[icanhazmac]

Umm, did macrumors actually remove the dislike button?

See post #6, it is only available for news articles.

 

[I7guy]

See post #6, it is only available for news articles.

Yup. MacRumors New and Political News only. However, there are times I wish it was available in other forums.

 

[icanhazmac]

However, there are times I wish it was available in other forums.

Agreed, there are times I might disagree with a post but it seems overly dramatic to use the angry face.

 

[macintoshmac]

The "I agree" emoji and "head-banging" emoji are desperately needed. I think those two emojis alone could reduce the number of words posted by 50%.

I am laughing only because I see the value in the head-banging reaction, and I agree with what you said.

 

[Clix Pix]

I agree that we need an "I agree" emoji. Sometimes I'll read a post and I'll agree with whatever is being said, but the closest that I can come is to use the 'like" emoji, and that really is different in meaning. I may agree with something but that doesn't necessarily mean that I actually like it!

 

[arn]

I agree that we need an "I agree" emoji. Sometimes I'll read a post and I'll agree with whatever is being said, but the closest that I can come is to use the 'like" emoji, and that really is different in meaning. I may agree with something but that doesn't necessarily mean that I actually like it!

You mean the reaction picker, ya?

 

[Clix Pix]

Yep! Sorry, should have been more explicit.