GSMArena labs: we are introducing reactions to our comment section

27 May 2022
The new system allows you to upvote comments and react to them and see how others feel about your comments as well.

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I made this account all thanks to this lol

    Honestly, I like the ancient system.
    Where you can +1 a comment, or -1 it. And the readers can see what rating it is. And if something is "negged" many times, it forces those comments to collapse. Whilst collapsed comments can be expanded to be viewed. And highly upvoted comments usually get highlighted so they stand out.

    Now, things aren't as easy to digest/read.
    There's too many emoji's to understand what to make of a comment. So not a fan of it atm.

    edit 4: Looks like you can "Upvote" a comment. And if you change your mind, to undo it, you have to go into it and click "Downvote" to revoke your thumbs-up emoji. There doesn't seem to be any actual way to "neg" a comment.

    edit 5: I think the readers have figured out a solution. Click the "Black Tick" for things you agree with, and click the "Red X" for things you disagree with. It will tally the number of votes for that emoji next to it.

    edit 6: You can't do two emoji's. You have to pick between the Tick or the X, or some other Reaction if you prefer. To undo a Reaction, click it again which will remove it, or just click on a different Reaction which will override your old one.

    edit 7: You CAN in fact do two reactions, as long as one of them is the Thumbs-Up. Which is kinda stupid. They should remove it, and just have the Tick or X, for voting. And have the other Reactions for people that want to be creative/different (or too lazy to write a reply lol).

      Sigh generic emotes ...

      Missed opportunity to have emotes that are commonly used in your comment section those that are appropriate for YOUR type of audience

      Examples

      -A fire 🔥 (because it a common practice to criticize overheating smartphone chipsets)

      -A no headphone 🎧 jack icon
      - some form of overpriced emoji
      -some kind of dragon icon and some yellow square emote to represent Qualcomm/mediatek

      Or basically a ton of "X is better than Y" emojis because this site's fans compare slot

      Or some Samsung, apple etc is #1 things


      LCD or OLED upvote emoji, or and X going across the word LCD/OLED etc to signal your dislike

      Icons for various smartphone specs...


      The point is things that this site by now should see patterns and make better effort to suit this audience

        Mart, 27 May 2022Use DisqusTesting.
        So if I reply to the comment above mine (which has no replies), then in their original comment they will get a "Black Tick" next to their name. I think. Let's see.

        edit: Looks like we still can edit the comment within a 10min windows. Whew.
        .........also, they didn't get a Black Tick. They're not registered so might have to try someone else. Will report back in a moment.

        edit 2: Nope that wasn't it. Apparently the Black Tick is a Reaction/emoji. It isn't showing on Safari/OS X.

        edit 3: Restarted the browser, it's showing now, weird. There's likely to be bugs here we will discover.

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          • 27 May 2022

          Use Disqus

            Yahoo ☺

              SuuperBaka, 27 May 2022I think you should also make it where you have to make an a... moreyes please...

                SShock, 27 May 2022Anonymous "accounts" are still a thing? *sigh*i hope the anonymous account comment feature will be removed. so no more trolls and android (crybabies) fanboys

                  Anonymous, 27 May 2022The GSMArena comments are like the Wild West already. It wi... moreNo you are salty because you are annoying anonymous

                    Keep getting better

                      We also need this for articles. So that we can show our reaction for a particular topic

                        Thanks god.. I absolutely cant tolerate anonymous

                          Peter-B, 27 May 2022Reactions are available only to registered users.Anonymous "accounts" are still a thing? *sigh*

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                            • EePee
                            • Fv1
                            • 27 May 2022

                            and now we wait for CptPower to laugh react every comment that says wireless is bad lmao

                              I don't see thumps up? Only a smiley.

                                Anonymous, 27 May 2022React not working meReactions are available only to registered users.

                                  • Fitz
                                  • X5u
                                  • 27 May 2022

                                  Cool

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • m2A
                                    • 27 May 2022

                                    😊

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Jvg
                                      • 27 May 2022

                                      They should allow comments to be easier to post without the need to remind you to consider creating an account so your comment will be posted immediately.

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                                        • Sam Q
                                        • Nug
                                        • 27 May 2022

                                        Upvotes on mobile were badly needed. Thanks GSMARENA, hopefully nothing breaks and we get more functionality in upcoming updates.

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