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> This can be useful to maintainers because they can sort by thumb up and see the most popular ones. TIL, but I also think it's not really clear what a reactio
by dewey 4y ago
> This can be useful to maintainers because they can sort by thumb up and see the most popular ones.
TIL, but I also think it's not really clear what a reaction does. Does adding a reaction to a comment in an issue thread bump the whole issue, does it have to be added to the top issue to show up in sorting? I think a global "Vote for this issue" button would make this a bit more clearer than just a reaction within the issue.
I was always under the impression that just adding a reaction wouldn't actually give the issue a bump. Maybe it would be good if Github actually guides people towards it by either saying something like "You added a comment reflecting a +1, do you want to add a vote for the issue instead".
- laurent123456 4y ago> Does adding a reaction to a comment in an issue thread bump the whole issue, does it have to be added to the top issue to show up in sorting? Yes it needs to be added to the top post. It's not really an official thing I guess, but for popular projects these reactions add up, and it helps getting a clearer picture of what matters to users.
- davidmurdoch 4y agoIt is "official" in the sense that GitHub lets you sort by these reactions.
- icambron 4y agoThe point here is to not bump the issue. My GitHub notifications are a mess, and bumps cause me to unsub from notifications to issues in my own repository. There’s also a 0% chance a bump is going to cause me to reallocate my evening, so it doesn’t help get the issue moved forward.
- dewey 4y agoBumping doesn't necessarily mean "sending an email to the maintainer and everyone on the issue", adding a reaction can also "bump" an issue in the sense that it bumps it to the top of the list if sorted by "thumbs up reaction".