When words are not enough

Friends!

We have upgraded the comment reactions. Now there are sixteen of them! A whole treasure trove of feelings.

Prologue

Comment reactions were introduced in LJ more than three years ago. And we all got used to the fact that our intense feelings could be expressed without trivial words, just by picking a reaction. Yet this approach, however quick and succinct, had a flaw: there were too few reactions! Human emotion range is so wide, it cannot fit into just 7 smileys. So...

Now there will be more reactions, and you can pick which ones to use! Behold!

16 reactions to choose from

You have 16 reactions to select from! By default, the standard set is available; you can add new reactions or remove some in the blog settings:

Here's what the LJ mascot frank  thinks about it:

We've been asked to add some of these reactions for ages. All good things to those who wait!

And if your journal is a serious place on serious Earth where funny pictures aren't welcome, you can just switch off the comment reactions.

Folks, set up our new reactions, use them, tell frank what other reactions you want... And keep reacting!

With love,
LJ team