Here's one misfeature of the modern Fediverse that annoys me: emoticon reactions. Even leaving aside them not triggering notifications, I cannot tell what this shit is! It's just a yellow blob with some indistinct pattern in it, even if I use glasses. I'm okay with ablism but this is bullshit.
@zaitcev They probably came from places like Discord, where it's an easy way to just respond to a post without actually making a formal response. They don't get notifications over there either.
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@kazriko That does not explain what the unreadable icon is supposed to signify.
@pro That's usually by convention of the people using it, the one used to reply there is officially labeled as "tired" by the emoji system, but a lot of them are used for purposes other than their label, like the "pray/bless" one is used in a discord server I'm in as a "high five" icon in that server.