I’m aware of all that, too, and I’d argue that even something like this is “content”.
I also use 
sometimes as a simple acknowledgement[1] that I’ve seen and read a message or post, not with any intent that I actually like it, so I s’pose someone else could argue that I’m abusing that button already.
On balance, I feel like I’m already doing quite a bit to keep the Forum tidy by doing things like using a single post to reply to multiple users in a topic (rather than posting back-to-back-to-back) and using the to suggest topic/post merges and category/tag adjustments to the Moderators as an effort to improve the content order and visibility for other users.
See, saying things like that is just placing unnecessary limits upon yourself. Free your creativity!
I totally get that, and I’m not even a heavy Discord user. Kind of like what I previously said about YouTube, I also think reactions (including but not limited to “heartcoin”) provide a means to quickly gauge the perceived quality of a post and also get an idea of other community members’ impressions of that content. In that way, they act kind of like a means for an informal poll, so from that perspective I agree with this:
There’s probably truth to that, and I’m a little surprised that the latter is in the emoji set here, though perhaps that’s by design or there’s no easy way to filter the emoji set. I don’t know. I’ve been even more surprised when I’ve seen that emoji used on the Forum and apparently allowed to stay in place (though I also think that intent is important and didn’t think it was being used maliciously).
I think your comments about Reddit are fair, too, given my limited experience with that platform (and that’s probably a reason for the limit). We get to choose what communities we want to participate in, and I think it’s really cool that Wyze has chosen multiple platforms for this, even though I avoid Facebook and TikTok like the plague. You go where the customers are, so that’s good for business. I don’t fault them for that. I choose to spend time here because I feel like I’m participating in what is already largely a lot of positive engagement.
I might also identify with this comment. 
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