I the update makes sense with reactions but as an admin of a site where there is only “likes” and no other reacts I think it makes less sense.
I got complaints about the inability to see all likes and now the new placement seems odd so I’m sure I’ll hear about that too. I might just have to theme component on top of it
yes, looks like a fix is coming soon:
haha sorry i saw after my post, i was editing while you replied 
I have thought about the case of forums where reactions aren’t enabled, too. In this case, I not only find the change in position odd, but I also think it’s unnecessary to include the type of reaction after the name. To me, it doesn’t provide any helpful information in that case.
I wonder if components like Change the Like Icon to 👍 now need support to replace this emoji too.
This is what it looks like on my end. The duplicated hearts are confusing - which do I click? The counter change happening on the other side of the post is also unintuitive.
Again, I understand this makes sense for when you are managing a variety of reaction types but it makes an assumption that I’m using reactions in the first place.
I whipped up a quick theme component and will probably use this going forward.
I gather you mean the reaction icons here:
Yes, I mean those. Which nuances do I see on a forum where the reactions plugin is disabled so every reaction is a like?
Ah, I skimmed too quickly to catch up and missed the in this case. Apologies!
While I’m here sharing unsolicited opinions, I do think the “All” tab is redundant/unnecessary/noisy and if you removed it, you wouldn’t need that reaction type column on the right
Can we please get the old overlay back as on option for forums that don’t use other reactions? My forum uses likes only, and it was perfect to see the like count as a grouping right next to the heart. The pop up and scroll through just ruined the formatting and simplicity of it.
+1 for wanting old layout option for forums with only Likes
