# Lessons from Colossal Caves **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-colossal-caves/277995 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [September 6, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-colossal-caves/277995 "2023-09-06T09:46:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin) #### Post date: [September 6, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-colossal-caves/277995/15 "2023-09-06T14:12:00Z")
I disliked smilies at first when they came all over the Internet discussion systems until I started to use them and understand they were helpful in conveying emotions and brought something to communication. The same happened with emojis; I now consider them an important part of online communication. I also disliked “likes” on Facebook, then reactions, because I found having only one way to react was good enough, until I started using them (not talking about Facebook, but multiple reactions in general), and found out they were great to allow us to express a range of emotions or feeling to a message without having to reply. My own experience seems to repeat itself. And, of course, as the previous paragraph implies, I didn’t like reactions on Discourse until I liked them. 😄 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-colossal-caves/277995)._