Sorry, I missed this discussion as for some reason I wasn’t tracking this thread. But I have to say I’m fairly disappointed with how things turned out (with a small ‘d’ given this is fairly inconsequential in the grand scheme of things!). 
My thoughts:
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I still really dislike
. Not because of the emoji, but because I think for many (most?) people, there’s no real difference in meaning to 
, it’s a personal preference. But doesn’t count towards the Likesstats, so if someone wants to simply like a post, it would be best to get everyone using the Discourse standard. I also think it’s cleaner to have a single emoji for “I like that you posted this”. -
to me is far more distinct, and I miss having it. and mean “I like this post/great post”, but not necessarily that one agrees with everything in it. is emphatic: “I couldn’t agree more, this is what I think too.” -
was just a bit of fun, which is part of the Mac/Apple spirit. Not everything has to be of imminent utility. It was nice to tag the occasional post with it. If it adds a bit of mystery as to what the person meant, that’s fine – it’s good to have some pauses in the day where you ponder the vagaries of life 
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I’m not convinced that having all the emojis fit on one line on a phone screen makes any difference, but it’s largely a style choice, and this is @ace’s site. But if they need to be weeded down, I would much prefer:
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remove
as it doesn’t add anything beyond a stylistic difference to the reactions -
reinstate
because it does add a distinct level of reaction/agreement -
remove
because we’ll do just fine without a negative reaction and importantly it creates space for: -
reinstate
because it’s fun and harkens back to the days when TidBITS was founded
[As a slight tangent:
@Simon I think you’re already adapting – you used the 
reaction on a post of mine 24 days ago, soon after it was available 
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