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let go of him. he is the type of person that loves to open an app and see 10000 contentless "+, +++, -, etc" messages. Some people just like rubbish clutter. not much can be done about this particular fetish that they have.

Alex Jun 11

You have gone from denying the misuse to proclaiming it as legitimate and as a reason for implementing reactions, what a funny development!

Morgan(orange one)

I want some precautions and not an exact copy of the reactions of other platforms, isn't it clear?

Jon Jun 11

i use this feature all the time in Teams, really miss it in telegram!

Riley C Jun 11

Alex

Indeed, you would have downvoted instead of responding with an argument, you practically want Reddit on Telegram, replacing the dialectic with demagogy.

Reddit has just two default "emoji reacts" (upvote and downvote), and yet Reddit tends to have some of the more lengthy, well-written, and well thought out discourse I've seen on the internet.

If I'm correct, your concern is that users with opinions will opt to encapsulate that opinion in the form of an emoji reaction, which is simply not true looking at places like Reddit.

The concept of "liking" or "disliking" is nothing new, and emoji reactions are a richer extension on that concept.

Alex, I cannot speak for you, but I'd like to assume you've clicked a "like" or "dislike" button on the internet before.

If you have, I ask you to imagine an even more expressive version of that: it's called Emoji Reactions.

If you haven't, I applaud you, as you are truly one whose preaching is well-practiced.

In the latter case, I'm sure you've surrounded yourself in others who likewise reject perfunctory visual responses and instead engage with mediums that encourage explicit textual discourse.

I hope that this feature, when implemented, is completely invisible to you and the community of others who find no use for it.

As for the rest of us, our Telegram experience (which is equally as valuable as yours) will be further enriched by a feature we've become so used to on almost every other messaging service or discussion board.

Also, one last thing Alex, us Emoji-Reactors are out here... there are many of us... you might even know one of us... it could be a lover... a close friend... a family member...

The very thing that you fear the most could be closer than you ever thought possible... Guess we'll see :)

Brandon Jun 11

+1 for emoji reactions.

Riley C

Aside from that, some telegram groups have become as large as some of reddit's largest subreddits!! 100000+ members! I know groups that have reached the 200000 limit and are totally full.

In that messy of a situation, the only way for people to express themselves, is sending a message. It simply a hot mess.

The amount of message clutter in many groups is beyond description and this has deemed many useful groups useless.

Above in the previous posts I explained why the argument "if you don't like a feature don't use it" does not apply to this specific case:

1) others may apply reactions to my posts, thus influencing my behavior towards what is considered politically correct or otherwise appreciated by the majority (aka demagogy).
2) if I can completely disable reactions to my messages then the reactions will shift to the messages in response to mine and the effect would remain the same: affect my behavior.

Of course we are all addicted to something, not necessarily psychotropic substances but also coffee or sugar. If I say that software interfaces are addictive, I am not insulting anyone, I am reporting a scientifically documented fact and I have also attached a link for those who asked me. As an engineer, I have a moral duty to design interfaces that do not exploit the characteristics of the human brain against the well-being of users. There are those who do it out of indolence or out of interest and think they are not to blame because they puts all the responsibilities on the end user. If you do not understand what I am talking about, it is useless to reply to my messages, here you are behaving like a brainless user and you do not know what it means to design an interface: this comment section is not for you, you are abusing it.

In fact I was the one saying Telegram is also a social platform while some people here claimed it's just a messaging app and reactions are hurtless since you are just chatting with family and friends.

DEXTER Jun 11

Guys pls stop. I don't want to unsubscribe every time Alex posts something. Please don't feed them!

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