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I find myself using them on pretty much every platform that has them: matrix, masto, discord, etc.

These would be completely separate from votes, and have no affect on sorting.

What do you think the positives and negatives would be of having them?

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[โ€“] kixiQu@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Federating custom emojis is Quite A Thing, if I understand correctly

[โ€“] tmpod 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mmm, I suppose so. @dessalines@lemmy.ml how hard would you expect it to be?

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have to look into how reactions work in activitypub before proceeding... if its an attachment that's a just a picture url, then technically any picture would work.

[โ€“] tmpod 2 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] gun@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Mastodon already has custom emojis. I'm not sure how it works, but it would probably best to look at their approach.