# How about a laugh button **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165 "2022-04-13T23:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jay3](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/jay3/32/209415_2.png) [@jay3](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/jay3)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/21 "2022-12-17T12:14:30Z")
Nah I have no problem debating people who will argue about literally anything, even things as minuscule as the implementation of a laugh button on a forum. But to answer your question, if you said something funny, I may have pressed the button. > [@twolf](#): > > No need to reduce it to little disembodied cartoon heads laughing. P.S. I would chill out, it’s just not that serious… ---
**Author:** ![CapsCup2018](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/capscup2018/32/22488_2.png) [@CapsCup2018](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/CapsCup2018)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/22 "2022-12-20T11:28:23Z")
> [@SSmith](#): > > sensitive people won’t. Even better reason to do it. ---
**Author:** ![CapsCup2018](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/capscup2018/32/22488_2.png) [@CapsCup2018](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/CapsCup2018)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/23 "2022-12-20T11:29:43Z")
> [@BigNerd](#): > > It might be my commitment issues but the heart icon always bothered me Dude. You are massively over thinking this. ---
**Author:** ![BigNerd](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bignerd/32/148824_2.png) [@BigNerd](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BigNerd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/24 "2022-12-20T18:32:39Z")
Dude… you are taking my comment too seriously. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alphawave7](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/alphawave7/32/115615_2.png) [@alphawave7](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/alphawave7)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/25 "2022-12-20T18:36:12Z")
![download](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/6/7/672481bdbe778420327ad0ae67f5ed1b79e5b13a.png) ---
**Author:** ![BigNerd](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bignerd/32/148824_2.png) [@BigNerd](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BigNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/26 "2023-02-06T21:10:10Z")
Just wondering if the reaction type is part of the forum software and they only have “heart/love” available. I understand why you wouldn’t want negative reactions but I think the “thumbs up” is a better overall reaction and more widely used. Or maybe I’m massively overthinking this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NATO](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/nato/32/170122_2.png) [@NATO](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/NATO)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/27 "2023-02-07T20:06:39Z")
Why is this thread revived and why does an internet emoticon that crudely depicts the shape and color of an anatomical human heart offend/make grown adults insecure? ---
**Author:** ![paranoidgarliclover](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/paranoidgarliclover/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@paranoidgarliclover](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/paranoidgarliclover)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/28 "2023-02-07T21:46:42Z")
I participate on a few other Discourse forums (but not an owner of any of those). I have only seen the heart as a “like.” ---
**Author:** ![BigNerd](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bignerd/32/148824_2.png) [@BigNerd](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BigNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/29 "2023-02-07T22:37:15Z")
> [@paranoidgarliclover](#): > > I have only seen the heart as a “like.” The only other app/site I’ve seen that uses heart as a like is GroupMe. > [@NATO](#): > > Why is this thread revived Why not? This is a suggestions thread. > [@NATO](#): > > offend/make grown adults insecure? Commitment issues. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![paranoidgarliclover](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/paranoidgarliclover/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@paranoidgarliclover](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/paranoidgarliclover)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/30 "2023-02-07T22:47:23Z")
> [@BigNerd](#): > > GroupMe Okay… But this site uses Discourse as the underlying platform, and I don’t know (and I actually doubt) that Discourse has other options for a “Like.” ---
**Author:** ![BigNerd](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bignerd/32/148824_2.png) [@BigNerd](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BigNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/31 "2023-02-07T22:48:36Z")
> [@paranoidgarliclover](#): > > But this site uses Discourse So that helps answer my question, it’s a function of Discourse. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![IAC](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/iac/32/149215_2.png) [@IAC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/IAC)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/32 "2023-02-07T23:05:04Z")
![image](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/4/a/4aad1f0d9f9bfeca531a5f1b8ac9462d893ccd26.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jay3](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/jay3/32/209415_2.png) [@jay3](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/jay3)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/33 "2023-02-08T00:11:28Z")
Lol my initial suggestion was made somewhat in jest. I do believe that a laugh button could serve a purpose though. If enough people hit that button in response to those outlandish, even egregious posts which we are all too familiar with here, it could save us from long, unproductive, pointless threads full of pile-on and piggy back replies. But at the end of the day, who cares enough about this? Not me. ---
**Author:** ![BigNerd](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bignerd/32/148824_2.png) [@BigNerd](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BigNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/34 "2023-02-08T00:48:04Z")
I like every reaction there except for the Thumbs Down. ---
**Author:** ![IAC](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/iac/32/149215_2.png) [@IAC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/IAC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/35 "2023-02-08T00:58:14Z")
The thumbs down has its purpose. Embrace the thumbs down. ---
**Author:** ![BigNerd](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bignerd/32/148824_2.png) [@BigNerd](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BigNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/36 "2023-02-08T01:01:59Z")
> [@IAC](#): > > Embrace the thumbs down. 👎 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IAC](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/iac/32/149215_2.png) [@IAC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/IAC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/37 "2023-02-08T01:15:48Z")
See? Wasn’t that fun? ---
**Author:** ![BigNerd](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bignerd/32/148824_2.png) [@BigNerd](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/BigNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165/38 "2023-02-08T01:21:01Z")
> [@IAC](#): > > Wasn’t that fun? ![image](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/5/a/5af04cc0017895a43aaa4ea2905a32a191326ccb.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/how-about-a-laugh-button/415165.md?page=1)