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Brainstorming a better system for #nostr reactions. I initially thought just adding a "+" or "-" to the start of all emoji reactions would be a simple solution, but nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 pointed out that it would break some current clients. See https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/509

More thoughts to follow.

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Sam 2y ago

Reading the comments on the initial PR for NIP-25, https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/26 , inspired some thoughts.

Prefixing reactions with the "+" or "-" would allow for multiple emoji reactions to be sent at once, in the form of "+👀❤️🔥". This would allow multiple reactions like on GitHub or Discord, without overly spamming relays.

Supporting the exact same UX as the aforementioned apps, however, might require use of a different event kind, perhaps a NIP-33 Parameterized Replaceable Event. Backwards compatibility could be maintained by sending/storing both the new kind and a basic kind 7 "+" or "-".

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Sam 2y ago

Looking at this idea again, it's definitely too complicated. I'm now thinking the best ideas are either my original modification, or moving emoji reactions to a tag.

The tag would still allow any random emoji to be entered, but clients would only have to look at it if they were interested in displaying it. Trade-off being a slightly bigger message on the wire.