Please bring back the hug

[tgh]

The hug was an enormously successful and well used emoticon in the previous software
The AFF community is quite close and caring and the icon was extensively used as an expression of warm
inclusive sympathy among friends.
Please reconsider.. and bring back the Hug...

 

[JessicaTam]

What's a hug?

A feature of AFF before the upgrade last weekend.

 

[Buzzard]

What's a hug?

You don't give your daughter one?

 

[support]

What's a hug?

In the context of this thread it was a Post Rating that you would have probably come across up until Saturday when we did the upgrade. The icon was a heart.

 

[VPS]

As @support has said, 'like' the first post to record an opinion. Lots of posts in the thread, but at the moment only 6 'likes'.

Oh, I 'liked' the OP which as a mod must be worth a million 'likes' or so!

Vote early and vote often, I say.

Previously I would have marked this as winner but now - I'd rather a hug than be a winner

 

[Flying mermaid]

What's a hug?

I gave you more than one since they came in.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I agree with bring back the hug. As I just said on the chit chat thread - a big grinning mouth, even with hearts attached, does not denote sympathy. I have given dozens of hugs and received them and they are very much appreciated whereas a grinning mouth would be quite off putting.

 

[support]

There is some movement on this for those following along. However, we are currently looking at a number of issues, including:

• What icon to use.
• The appropriate number of reactions before things get out of hand.
• If we re-introduce ‘hugs’ do we then remove ‘love’ or can they co-exist?

It’s worth remembering that vBulletin only offered likes. When we moved to Xenforo we started with 3 Ratings, which was eventually expanded to 6. Xenforo 2.1 had 6 Reactions by default and we’ve already added 2 bringing us to 8.

 

[Pushka]

There is some movement on this for those following along. However, we are currently looking at a number of issues, including:

• What icon to use.
• The appropriate number of reactions before things get out of hand.
• If we re-introduce ‘hugs’ do we then remove ‘love’ or can they co-exist?

It’s worth remembering that vBulletin only offered likes. When we moved to Xenforo we started with 3 Ratings, which was eventually expanded to 6. Xenforo 2.1 had 6 Reactions by default and we’ve already added 2 bringing us to 8.

My two cents. I don’t think we need a ‘love’ icon on the forums. A ‘like’ is sufficient. Others may be more in favour of online love ins.

 

[Flying mermaid]

There is some movement on this for those following along. However, we are currently looking at a number of issues, including:

• What icon to use.
• The appropriate number of reactions before things get out of hand.
• If we re-introduce ‘hugs’ do we then remove ‘love’ or can they co-exist?

It’s worth remembering that vBulletin only offered likes. When we moved to Xenforo we started with 3 Ratings, which was eventually expanded to 6. Xenforo 2.1 had 6 Reactions by default and we’ve already added 2 bringing us to 8.

we really don’t need the love one . Thank-you for all your hard work and taking our concerns on board.

 

[amaroo]

My vote - like and informative cover all things. Less is more!

 

[Hvr]

A feature of AFF before the upgrade last weekend.

Upgrade or enhancement?

I note that the request for a 'thanks' button wasn't successful.

Thanks button

Many times we ask a question and when it is answered rather than post a response, I wonder if a thanks button would be more suitable. For example, I just asked for loads on a future flight, a fellow AFFer responded very quickly which I appreciate and I hit the like button but a thanks button...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[support]

Upgrade or enhancement?

Out of the box, Xenforo came with a like system in 1.5 and 2.0, but in 2.1 that system was upgraded to a new feature called reactions.

The previous post ratings feature was an addon that is no longer available for Xenforo 2.0 and onwards – simply put, the developer has not ported it to the new software.

Regarding your suggestion, it certainly seems currently we are focusing on getting back to where we were previously, and may continue to consider things after that.

 

[Pushka]

What's a hug?

When you feel some empathy towards what the poster is feeling or experiencing. Your question is a little funny.

 

[support]

Along with bringing the "hug" back, we have had to make some hard decisions on what had to make space for the new reactions. While "love" is not the same as "hug", we find it somewhat similar to "like" so have chosen to deactivate it. We have also deactivated "angry".

You may not see the "hugs" icon immediately, as it will need to be cleared from your browser cache. You can either do this yourself or wait for it to work its way through naturally.

Thank you for the suggestion and for participating in the process.