Add emote reactions to individual chat messages, like Discord
Often I see someone's chat message and I just want to react with an emoji/emote, but replying and tagging the user with just an emote isn't really the same and can get spammy, especially with multiple reactions from different people. This is DEEPLY ingrained in Discord culture, and seeing your message get several reactions is quite rewarding.
Attaching the reaction to the chat message would increase engagement and decrease spam. It would also increase the value of unique channel emotes by adding new contexts for their use.
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raveside11 commented
Yes, I would like to see this. I think if a chat post receives enough positive thumbs up and other emojis it should highlight it in the channel based on how many up votes it has. This would give visibility to it for the streamer to respond to as well. It would also encourage more quality posting in channels.
For large channels where the chat goes by quickly due to large viewership, there could be a separate side chat UI where highly upvoted posts are placed there so they're not missed. -
tvKestrel commented
Would love this! Sometimes you may want to react to a message which doesn't necessarily warrant sending a chat: such as reacting to people replying to you saying hi! In addition, reactions would in some way reduce the amount of messages (especially replies to messages) in the chat which makes it nicer/easier to read, a lot less chaotic in some senses.
I feel like this would be a welcomed addition all over Twitch with most of us used to the reaction feature over on Discord and just elevate Twitch chat to a new level.
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houssaynm commented
Sería muy bueno que se pueda reaccionar a los comentarios del chat, como emoticones de felicidad, tristeza, enojo, etc. A veces no es necesario responder un comentario y decir que está gracioso, basta simplemente con que se sepa que lo fue.
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phivix__ commented
Que los usuarios puedan tener la opción de hacer click al comentario que más les gustó y de alguna forma hacerlo resaltar en tiempo real(ej: más grande)
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SurrealJC commented
Yes, keep it simple though like just the basics:
Laugh,appreciate,depreciate,roll eyes/groan, mad, maybe a COUPLE others
As for the design I imagine 2 concepts: first is the classic/obvious emojis appear with a number next to them.
try to keep the options to ~6 reactions.
Also maybe cap the reactions to 10 so in bigger chats its less likely to cause attention anxietyBut a better option might be to have it be an animated bump on your comment. Someone clicks the comment,selects one of two reactions: positive or negative and then the author (or everyone) sees the comment bounce/shake/flash/confetti or shadowblink/*****&crumble/submerge/explode.
The biggest issue with this I can imagine is a LOT of new chat clutter, and its a huge waste of energy/bandwidth (remember every bit of data costs energy to send and receive).
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annesthea commented
Add the opportunity to react with emojis to a chat message, like on Discord (maybe only for Mods and VIPs)
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MugSkillet commented
for a previous chat txt, it would be great to have just an emoji response w/txt like slack. Some times people chat some funny things would be great to do a lol, heart, or some other emotes. I am sure Twitch has an emoji dept.
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ReDe_ commented
THIS! Why i need to reply with "LUL/Kappa/etc." or just spam emotes when i could just hit the emote directly for the comment
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Anonymous commented
On Discord, you can react to a message with an emote or emoji. This allows people to react to a comment without clogging up the chat with "LOL" or "yes/no", etc. The streamer would be able to opt-in to it to prevent it when it isn't wanted.