# Add Reactions plugin to the forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum Guide & Feedback\ **Created:** [September 12, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579 "2023-09-12T15:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sean\_sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sean_sullivan/32/274_2.png) [@sean\_sullivan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sean_sullivan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/1 "2023-09-12T15:46:14Z")
Was poking around the badges, and found the Reaction one, and then went hunting. And found we don’t have that plugin enabled. > **[Reactions](https://www.discourse.org/plugins/reactions.html)** > > Enable multiple reactions that can be selected in addition to likes I think it would be a fun/useful addition to the server to enable this, as users could react in different ways to different comments. ---
**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/2 "2023-09-12T16:20:34Z")
We actually discussed this during our alpha phase some months ago. There were a few reasons why we decided against it in the end: 1. It’s a manual whitelist of emoji to set up in the admin page (`discourse_reactions_enabled_reactions`) 2. If we want to be inclusive, we have to create a very large list of emoji for skin tones (or use the blue-skin ones as Fedora does) 3. It dilutes the value of the Like - for example, that other reactions are not included in your Cheers score, and queries around top-likers etc are less easy to arrange 1 & 2 are manageable, but 3 bothers me as a data person. So my first question would be - _which_ emoji would you want to be able to choose from? I am reminded of the Paradox forums, which have only “Agree” and “Respectfully disagree” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sean\_sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sean_sullivan/32/274_2.png) [@sean\_sullivan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sean_sullivan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/3 "2023-09-12T16:33:45Z")
3 does irk me, I just got excited when I saw it was a plugin, and didn’t know about the backend management and data implications. So used to discord where I can add 20 reactions to something and the points don’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/4 "2023-09-12T16:43:35Z")
I agree, reactions are a standard. But this is not chat, and I don’t want it to _become_ chat either 🙂 It’s also easy to dismiss the scores and gamification stuff, but we _do_ want to do a better job of recognising work done, especially where that _isn’t_ code (because counting GitHub is relatively easy) ---
**Author:** ![IPvSean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ipvsean/32/1153_2.png) [@IPvSean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IPvSean)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/5 "2023-09-12T17:01:28Z")
You can always add emojis in-line 😘 ---
**Author:** ![sean\_sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sean_sullivan/32/274_2.png) [@sean\_sullivan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sean_sullivan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/6 "2023-09-12T17:27:32Z")
![6fd4ece4bc41644c](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/4a3534370a4d5a9a3e52d0b26b74e4fb76819b84.gif) shall see how the image imbed works for my favorite slack reaction. ---
**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/7 "2023-09-12T17:43:29Z")
> [@gwmngilfen](#): > > gamification stuff, Don’t think I can’t see you liking everything sight 🤣 . You have a limited number per day you know … Also solutions are worth _way_ more, you should get some people to click that Solved button 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sean\_sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sean_sullivan/32/274_2.png) [@sean\_sullivan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sean_sullivan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/8 "2023-09-13T00:43:17Z")
Was actually going for the 50 in one day badge, Not rank. I did stop as yeah not worth it. ---
**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-reactions-plugin-to-the-forum/579/9 "2023-09-13T07:18:59Z")
I’m typing in jest, I love your enthusiasm 🙂