I think you need a purpose statement for reacts, before I can recommend a set.
Is it for analytics and automated filtering/reporting? Then you want a small number of curated options. This won’t work for everyone, but as long as you have a plan to change them over time, go for it.
Is it for incentives and gamifying posting/commenting? You might prefer to just have multiple dimensions of karma/voting, rather than voting and reacts as separate things. This is even more restrictive.
Is it to give more expressivity for readers without wasting the space that low-content comments would have? I think the slack method of TONS of reacts and the ability for users to add their own at will covers that very well. I suspect there are alternate ways as well—perhaps a checkbox for “meta-comment” that hides them by default or something.
I think you need a purpose statement for reacts, before I can recommend a set.
Is it for analytics and automated filtering/reporting? Then you want a small number of curated options. This won’t work for everyone, but as long as you have a plan to change them over time, go for it.
Is it for incentives and gamifying posting/commenting? You might prefer to just have multiple dimensions of karma/voting, rather than voting and reacts as separate things. This is even more restrictive.
Is it to give more expressivity for readers without wasting the space that low-content comments would have? I think the slack method of TONS of reacts and the ability for users to add their own at will covers that very well. I suspect there are alternate ways as well—perhaps a checkbox for “meta-comment” that hides them by default or something.