# Discourse Reactions

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions/183261
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, reactions, included-in-core
**Created:** [March 15, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions/183261 "2021-03-15T04:47:30Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions/183261/393 "2025-07-21T18:09:33Z")

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> [@hellekin](#):
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> I chose 👍 for the default instead of ❤,

Did you pick the `thumbs-up` icon name or the +1 emoji? Quite a lot of people try to use an emoji name in `Discourse reactions like icon` instead of an icon name and that can blank out the ui button.

I’m still hoping for an icon picker in there 🙂 🤞

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