# Thumbs up and laughing reactions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumbs-up-and-laughing-reactions/1034202>\
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**Created:** [October 27, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumbs-up-and-laughing-reactions/1034202 "2026-10-27T22:48:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumbs-up-and-laughing-reactions/1034202/20 "2026-10-28T16:26:39Z")

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It looks like most users here have never seen a Discourse site with this  
feature enabled. It’s not useless underbrush. There are thousands of posts  
on this site which just contain laughing or thumbs-up emojis, or “this”, or similar  
which clutters up the board more than an emoji added to an already existing post.  
How is 😆 any more “nothing to contribute” than, say, [“Now that’s funny”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-ad-failures-do-you-get-ads-for-things-that-arent-relevant-to-you-in-the-slightest/1034066/18)

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