Ok, so lets take 5 here.
While the thumbs down emoji has it’s place, it can cause bad feeling where it’s not intended. Graphics and pixels are hard to get your point across, I get that. We’ve removed the thumbs down emoji from the list and just left the others to avoid any negative thoughts. This also reflects what other sites use (e.g. social networks).
I’m sure no bad feeling was intended with the thumbs down reactions, it’s just part of the flow of conversation and perhaps used where they disagreed with a particular point (rather than the individual, their view or the whole post). Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but we kindly ask that people are considerate and respectful of other users and their posts.
I think perhaps we should move on from this thread and maybe stick to good, happy and positive news for the time being?