# Reaction Emoticons

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/reaction-emoticons/39446
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** [February 12, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reaction-emoticons/39446 "2016-02-12T04:43:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![ivanrlio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ivanrlio/32/48497_2.png) [@ivanrlio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ivanrlio)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reaction-emoticons/39446/1 "2016-02-12T04:43:42Z")

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I was wondering if anyone here is using something similar to the Vicomi Reaction Feelbacks ([Reactions – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/voting-platform-feelbacks/)) on their Discourse. We’d love to add a more interactive and qualitative way for users to express their opinions on posts or topics that the ‘Like’ doesn’t provide.

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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reaction-emoticons/39446/2 "2016-02-12T06:01:54Z")

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check out this plugin:

> [@Discourse Retort](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retort-a-reaction-style-plugin-for-discourse/35903):
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> NB This has recently been given a new lease of life thanks to sponsorship of @Hifihedgehog & the community at [https://forum.tabletpc.review/](https://forum.tabletpc.review/) and is compatible with Ember 5 and Discourse 3.2 (and so far 3.3.x), but the message is still the same, unless you really want to use Retort, please consider [Reactions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions/183261) as that will eventually take on some of the Retort exclusive features (timeline TBD). Retort is a plugin which allows you to add slack-style reactions to posts Install it u…

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reaction-emoticons/39446/3 "2016-02-12T12:00:41Z")

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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: [January 15, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reaction-emoticons/39446/4 "2024-01-15T18:21:34Z")

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We now have the #official [Discourse Reactions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions/183261) plugin that can provide this functionality. 👍
