2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

No, its to stop people abusing the emojis by just laughing at posts (which is just plain rude) , you can still write and reply in a negative and critical way .

    Its much better when people reply with words, rather than just replying with a facial expression 

your post is so comical !

 

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2 minutes ago, tgw said:

your post is so comical !

 

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I was being serious .

Problems occur when people laugh at serous posts .

Its extremely  rude to laugh in peoples faces when they are being serious 

7 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

No, its to stop people abusing the emojis by just laughing at posts (which is just plain rude) , you can still write and reply in a negative and critical way .

    Its much better when people reply with words, rather than just replying with a facial expression 

Did you ever get upset because too many people clicked on that laugh emoji?

Sometime I wonder why some people do that for some comments. But I wonder maybe half a second about it. It's not important and I think nobody should take it serious.

 

Next thing: should we worry if that dog next door somehow barked more than usual? What did I do wrong? What can I do so that the dog loves me again? Important questions ...

 

 

4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

I was being serious .

Problems occur when people laugh at serous posts .

Its extremely  rude to laugh in peoples faces when they are being serious 

Maybe the people want to express that others shouldn't take things so seriously. 

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Did you ever get upset because too many people clicked on that laugh emoji?

Sometime I wonder why some people do that for some comments. But I wonder maybe half a second about it. It's not important and I think nobody should take it serious.

 

Next thing: should we worry if that dog next door somehow barked more than usual? What did I do wrong? What can I do so that the dog loves me again? Important questions ...

 

 

Its rather rude and  annoying when some posters just laugh at your every post , its like they are stalking you and when you log on you get 20 notifications that so and so is laughing at your posts , quite rude

3 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Its rather rude and  annoying when some posters just laugh at your every post , its like they are stalking you and when you log on you get 20 notifications that so and so is laughing at your posts , quite rude

maybe some introspection is called for.

did you ever think before posting about the possibility that people could genuinely consider your post comical since it's so far off from what others would think ?

 

 

8 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Its rather rude and  annoying when some posters just laugh at your every post , its like they are stalking you and when you log on you get 20 notifications that so and so is laughing at your posts , quite rude

I switched off the notifications for reactions a long time ago. If someone quotes me, then I still get a notification and often I look at it. But a notification for each reaction would definitely be too much - at least for my taste. 

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

I switched off the notifications for reactions a long time ago. If someone quotes me, then I still get a notification and often I look at it. But a notification for each reaction would definitely be too much - at least for my taste. 

back in play with 2 new ones.

3 minutes ago, tgw said:

maybe some introspection is called for.

did you ever think before posting about the possibility that people could genuinely consider your post comical since it's so far off from what others would think ?

 

 

Its still rude to laugh at someone's opinion, just because you disagree with them 

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

back in play with 2 new ones.

yes .... one say's  shove it up your a_s and the other says I love you 

Wow, something happened.

And if we are lucky maybe there will be more...

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Wow, something happened.

And if we are lucky maybe there will be more...

I don't love you ... I just love the picture..    

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Its still rude to laugh at someone's opinion, just because you disagree with them 

Why is it rude?

I remember recently some stories from Bob. It was laughable and lots of people used those laugh emoji.

Was that what Bob was hoping for? Probably not. But why would anybody take that guy serious? 

 

9 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Its still rude to laugh at someone's opinion, just because you disagree with them 

so... you are offended by someone laughing at your opinion ?

1 minute ago, tgw said:

so... you are offended by someone laughing at your opinion ?

Not offended , just annoying and frustrating talking to people who can only reply with limited facial expressions in the way of emojis .

  

Just now, Mac Mickmanus said:

Not offended , just annoying and frustrating talking to people who can only reply with limited facial expressions in the way of emojis . 

I was talking about real interactions, such as we are playing golf and you say something such as "Coronavirus is a fabrication of the establishment" and I just laugh out loud. Would I be rude ?

This is the "NEW NORMAL" we're no longer allowed to have an opinion. This is of course total BS and pathetic, but hey - that's just my opinion.

56 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

No, its to stop people abusing the emojis by just laughing at posts (which is just plain rude) , you can still write and reply in a negative and critical way .

    Its much better when people reply with words, rather than just replying with a facial expression 

I dont use emojis, or like posts, or, if i did it was very rarely.

I think it is idiotic to be offended by them in any way.

Here you've exposed the liberal mindset for what it is and I find that ironic, because I know you lean very much leftward (and that's okay by me). Can you imagine a conservative trying to censor your speech or your opinion? I think not....even Bill Maher wouldn't try to go there.

5 minutes ago, DBath said:

This is the "NEW NORMAL" we're no longer allowed to have an opinion. This is of course total BS and pathetic, but hey - that's just my opinion.

If you're not allowed to have an opinion then how come you can write that?

 

In one sentence you say, "we're no long allowed to have an opinion", and in the very next sentence you say, "that's just my opinion".

13 minutes ago, tgw said:

I was talking about real interactions, such as we are playing golf and you say something such as "Coronavirus is a fabrication of the establishment" and I just laugh out loud. Would I be rude ?

Thats a different situation, we are talking about anonymous forums .

   Playing golf  with friends would be a different environment and situation 

10 minutes ago, DBath said:

This is the "NEW NORMAL" we're no longer allowed to have an opinion. This is of course total BS and pathetic, but hey - that's just my opinion.

You are still allowed to have an opinion though , no one has taken that way from you .

   

Alas...and after all this time I was hoping there would eventually be a "thumbs down" icon.

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Thats a different situation, we are talking about anonymous forums .

   Playing golf  with friends would be a different environment and situation 

the statement remains equally comical regardless.

 

1 minute ago, tgw said:

the statement remains equally comical regardless.

 

Do explain why 

These days we are seeing less and less quality posts and a lot more news articles from other sources thrown into the forum.

 

Sometimes when you change things, it just keeps getting worse.

 

Could possibly be a small team having to cover all the other Asean countries does not have the time just to concentrate on Thailand?

 

I am sure 100% would agree there have been some outrageous and far-fetched posts written on this forum.

 

There should be a way to call disatisfaction to those type of posts.

 

What is troubling, it is either newbie visa questions or other news articles already read at the the source.

 

Haven't read a good post or a real barn burner between members for quite some time

 

 

6 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Do explain why 

when posting an opinion that could be considered controversial, you better back it up with solid facts from solid sources if you don't want to get laughed at.

it's the basis for any serious statement in any environment, really.

 

you yourself stated that you don't like people laughing at your serious statements.

but what you are doing by just stating something without backing it up, is inviting laughter.

 

also, there is a good point several authors made about ignorance and "facts" that have been proven false not being an (valid) opinion. the problem here is about drawing the line, it's not always easy.

I  think the deletions are a highly positive change.

If you want to make a negative comment about a post, just bloody reply to it! Nobody is stopping you except yourself.

The complaints here are transparently disingenuous. We all know the vast majority of sad and laugh ones were used negatively.

Get over it my droogies.

6 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You are still allowed to have an opinion though , no one has taken that way from you .

   

Oh, now I see there is a heart emoji, how lovely.

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Not any more.

 

I just looked up myself under reputation and it is either like or thanks and nothing else.

 

Taking the other emoticons off will have a long term knock on effect that I suspect nobody thought about?

 

Thank you for your comments.

 

If there is any long term knock on effect it should be a positive one. I say this because of the way reactions affect your member reputation. Previously, if you received a  "Like", "Thanks" or "HaHa" reaction your reputation was increased by one point for each reaction received. Receiving a "Sad" or "Confused" reaction had no effect on your reputation.

 

Currently, the use of the "HaHa" reaction is suspended, however any previous points added to a member's reputation for a "HaHa" reaction will remain. As discussed above there are now two additional reactions which will give members more ways to award and receive reactions from others; "Thumbs Up" and "Love It".