I don't see the issue? I don't contribute to the discussion most of the time because it's either someone said what I wanted to say and I don't want to dogpile that discussion or I am interested but don't feel the need to say my opinion on that piece. It's like any regular debate to me.
The major issue is that emojis are associated with certain feelings about a post. It can be used to rile people up, and that is not the point of this forum.
Also how are you online 24/7? Are you using a bot that uses your legitimate account to react? That is the literally the only way for you to constantly react so quickly.
Fair point but I want to say the times have changed and the nature of this forum being Chinese military focused as well as Chinese focused in general and having a large pro china user base, this is just the natural evolution and this is only become a stronger sentiment seeing the next decade or two.
I understand that. But discussion is a major of this forum’s livelihood. We aren’t Reddit in which users just downvote others to oblivion without providing an argument why. If you can’t argue why you disagree or you feel like you don’t have the time to do that, just move on and don’t rile that user up. It worked well in the beginning but it is getting abused.
Fair enough. However, I do want to note that I am not arguing from the point of view of a moderator, but from that of a regular user. So please don't view my opinion as if it represents the moderators' stance. If I were to represent them, my text would be completely different. I personally believe that laughing at another's post that is more or less serious without any context is just irksome and low. That is why I feel like the emoji system is already too much.
I don't disagree that laughing emoji using in a certain way could be offensive. And many members aspire for even more professional forum.