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Re:Ask HN: Why are there emojis in commits? by tsegratis on Saturday November 02, 2019 @07:08AM (#21427000)
Why is it not possible to put emoji in HN comments?
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Re:Ask HN: Why are there emojis in commits? by bnt on Saturday November 02, 2019 @07:15AM (#21427018)
What additional value do emojis add, that plain text already doesn’t?
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Re:Ask HN: Why are there emojis in commits? by tsegratis on Saturday November 02, 2019 @09:00AM (#21427417)
Getting open source pull requests accepted is a lot like pulling teeth

I agree emoji add ~0 meaning. But the added encouragement helps me

I got DragonFlyBSD support into Zig this week. The emoji tell me that people care (Edit: thanks to them)

But HN, dunno...

Maybe aswell as points, being able to thumb-up posts could be another way to encourage people to have constructive and positive interaction?

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