Burk
Burk

šŸ¤” Interesting! Trello just added a feature called ā€œEmoji Reactionsā€. Getā€™s me thinking about Micro.blog ā€œResponsesā€ again.

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sethdrebitko
sethdrebitko

@Burk I donā€™t know that Iā€™d want reactions on micro.blog. Itā€™s a pretty shallow form of communication, and primarily just creates a vanity metric.

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braker1nine
braker1nine

@Burk I like that. Iā€™m working on a sort of micro.blog instagram app and I was thinking about adding some sort of emoji response šŸ¤”

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Burk
Burk

@sethdrebitko It's a tough one for sure. There are defintiely pros and cons (and everything in between). I do feel like there is a way to do it right and have it add value and not become a popularity contest. Going to take a lot of thinking though!

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Burk
Burk

@braker1nine Oh cool! Looking forward to seeing the app as it comes together!

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herself
herself

@sethdrebitko I'm with you on that one. I don't know if seeing responses adds anything in particular to a post or conversation? But now I feel like I'm looking down my Scrooge glasses at the idea... sorry. I'm really not a fan of just scrolling through comments, feeling impulsively like I must "like" them all... I much prefer coming here and taking the time to comment on something I agree with or disagree with, or if I really must, reply with an emoji :D

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sethdrebitko
sethdrebitko

@herself Exactly. So many times I've instinctively gone to favorite something here, then realized I can't and as a result taken the time to thoughtfully reply... or continue scrolling :P

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EddieHinkle
EddieHinkle

@sethdrebitko @herself one thing about emoji reactions is that unlike ā€œlikeā€ or event Facebookā€™s top 4/5 reactions, there are a WIDE variety of responses. Which to me makes it feel less like you HAVE to respond and more that you are able to, but only if you want.

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kicks
kicks

@sethdrebitko I think shallow responses are kind of niceā€”sometimes you donā€™t have time to reply fully and it can be polite to just šŸ‘. In fact, I sometimes go back to likes and flesh out the reply. So it acts like a bookmark, an ā€˜ackā€™ and a reminder to return. Thatā€™s not too shallow? Itā€™s the vanity metric that is the issue. Itā€™s a similar problem with ā€˜friendsā€™ lists. Usually all we see of someoneā€™s ā€˜friendsā€™ is a number. Which makes me miss blogrolls, when people took the time to say ā€œOk so this is Heather, she is an archivistā€¦ā€ and, yeah, that starts to feel like a friend. Both likes and friend counts are also fed into algorithms and become a basis for popularity (aka ā€˜valueā€™, according to these networks). But popularity stems from discussion anywayā€”you donā€™t need an algorithm, if people are talking and linking, itā€™ll happen. Thereā€™s a larger algorithm at play here that the networks canā€™t replicate. @herself šŸ‘!

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jessepelley
jessepelley

@kicks šŸ‘

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herself
herself

@kicks That's true -- I find I don't spend a huge amount of time daily here on micro.blog because I don't always have the time to interact. But when I do "come overā€ the conversations are always interesting to catch up on :)

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herself
herself

@kicks thatā€™s definitely true about how popularity and interest sort of snowball.. and oh, I agree so much about blogrolls! Love them. I guess when you (not you personally!) get into dangerous territory is when follower and like numbers are interpreted as indicative of quality or value. Most of us here are grownupsā€”weā€™ve seen the development of the web and social media emergeā€” and we can understand the difference, but itā€™s easy to fall into that way of thinking all the same I think. Iā€™d argue that while those numbers could be useful to the individual I donā€™t think they need to be broadcast to the wider group...

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kicks
kicks

@herself Coolā€”found your blogroll. This is great! I especially like the links to your diary-x blog. Really wanted to check out your links page from back then, but there appears to be none archived. (I also really appreciate your links to Blot thingsā€”was unaware of Blot.)

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herself
herself

@kicks thank you! They are a funny old relic from an earlier time. :)) I really do need to update the blogroll tooā€”it doesnā€™t feel finished, but I guess they are meant to be evolving! :)

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