Using a plain heart to express empathy seems easier to confuse with “I love this” than seems ideal. Here are a few other options that seemed potentially appealing after looking through results at The Noun Project for “Empathy” and “Hug”:
Indeed, I’ve seen several cases recently in https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aW288uWABwTruBmgF/ where people have used the “Empathy” react in a way that makes much more sense if I interpret it as “heart symbol” than as “empathy”.
Using a plain heart to express empathy seems easier to confuse with “I love this” than seems ideal. Here are a few other options that seemed potentially appealing after looking through results at The Noun Project for “Empathy” and “Hug”:
https://thenounproject.com/icon/take-care-4694299/
https://thenounproject.com/icon/hug-4400944/
https://thenounproject.com/icon/heartbeat-977219/
https://thenounproject.com/icon/love-4939234/
https://thenounproject.com/icon/hug-4401677/
Indeed, I’ve seen several cases recently in https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aW288uWABwTruBmgF/ where people have used the “Empathy” react in a way that makes much more sense if I interpret it as “heart symbol” than as “empathy”.