davismanLV
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30,000 Likes! He's Unstoppable!
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Dudes, I'm giving you all smilies like they're going out of style. 
GGJaguar
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In the best of ways, too!
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I was going to click the like button but I don't want to encourage you.I'm putting that on my resume.
Just curious, if a post is quoted, does that constitute a "Reaction" that is scored, or is it just the emojis that are scored?
Opsimath
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You mean like this? Let's see when I hit "post".
Nope, your reaction score stayed the same at 2,025.
Thanks.
Seems to me that a quote is as much of a reaction as an emoji, probably more so.
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Semantically, yes, but from a software standpoint, no.
A "reaction" is a "like", but since there are more possible reactions than just like (Even though the button says, "like"), the developers decided to call that entire system "reactions".
Developers are an interesting bunch when it comes to word use. In the realm of object-oriented programing (OOP) you don't create an object, you instantiate it. This is a better term because there can be multiple instances of an object that appear to have the same name but they're different because they exist in a different namespace.
Like most professions, developers like their lingo, especially when they create a new system when they can name it whatever they want.
To your point, though, "likes" were originaly added because users wanted a way to react (see what I did there?) without having to write out an entire post. This has led to a delightful improvement on forums and the like where posts that were just This or +1 or some other derivative polluted conversations. Oh, but a conversation is now a message between users and not a forum thread.
Anyway, from this point of view a reaction should arguable be worth less then a message! The easy solution to that is to remember that none of these numbers mean anything in real life.
I'm just posting this reply because I'm being blabby, but I didn't want to give GAD another worthless reaction, or a This or +1 !
Oh, and @awagner, I know you're above this silliness, but it really wanted to drag you in anyway with a super quote plus emojis!!
