Re: [ietf-822] RFC 9078 Reaction: Indicating Summary Reaction to a Message

[Rob Sayre <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 4:57 AM Alessandro Vesely <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Yes, IMAP lets you just tag a message as, say, $reacted-star.  Then you
> must
> send a message to the original author, with the content as described in
> RFC
> 9078, {U+2B50} in case of ⭐.
>

OK, this is what I understood.


>
> The receiving server will presumably display the star near to the original
> message, that is in the Sent folder.  It may do so using IMAP keywords,
> but it
> should also count the number of reactions received, by whom, etcetera,
> perhaps
> storing those messages in a Reactions folder.  This is the challenging
> part.
>

I think it might be tough to fit this feature into IMAP folders, but JMAP <
https://jmap.io> seems flexible enough. There is already an existence
proof, since GMail has this feature.


>
> > The reason I say ⭐ and ♥️ need to be in the base emoji set is because
> these
> > are often the only option. Think of Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon. I think
> > the general approach in the draft is good.
>
>
> Although RFC 9078 exemplifies a set of base-emojis, an emoji-sequence is
> not
> limited by that.  You can use any *emoji sequence* defined in the
> referenced
> document[*].
>

 I understand that. The draft says:

"The rule base-emojis is provided as a simple, common list, or 'vocabulary'
of emojis. It was developed from some existing practice in social
networking and is intended for similar use."

Look at the Threads post that prompted my original email. The only
available reaction is ♥️, In ActivityPub/Mastodon, the "Like Activity" <
https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#like-activity-inbox> is usually
represented as a ⭐,

Those two should be in there to meet the goal of that production. Another
choice here might be to follow the ActivityPub feature, allowing a reaction
of "like" without specifying an emoji character. That follows what you'll
find on the Facebook app, where clicking the button will send a 👍 (like),
but there are more options as well.

thanks,
Rob