@Mars I’ve just added a “heart” to @Itchyfeet comment. Can you see a laughing face and a heart? I’m on my computer at moment not the phone. Re the freezing out… The Discourse software sets limits to how often, how fast, how many times you post/respond/react to attempt to filter out spam like activity. It also limits depending on what trust level you are at. These are all fairly standard precautionary settings in public forums.
@Itchyfeet There was a post requesting more choice, and others have messaged asking about the possibility because they felt a heart wasn’t always the applicable reaction. Anyone used to using Facebook is used to having a selection, although Twitter and Instagram only have hearts - so it seems the world of emojis are divided in thought on this. When Discourse released this update it seemed sensible to try it out.
Maybe now we need a poll vote to see if we keep it or not.