ONTD Original: The New Emojis and You -- Reaching a Community Consensus

[sandstorm]

You may have noticed that the world of reacting on ONTD has gotten a lot bigger:

Comments

[genbu_no_miko24]

The ghost emoji is a shrug vibe for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The pigeon is bird behavior/chasing crumbs

[odetothefool]

i was going to come in and ask what are we using the bird emoji for

i could see it being used for a shrug emoji

[frank]

Most people I know is the paw prints to show that they've seen your message and express positive reaction towards it.
Like a polite and sincere nod.

Others use it when they talk about animals.

[cupkate]

Excuse you, are pigeons not animals?!

[buries]

They're demons.

[justbolognese]

Ghost emoji for me would for people who really think they said something but it's nothing

[pseudonygma]

I just wanna know if the Pigeon is meant to be a positive reaction or a negative one because you can interpret it as either:

[Spoiler (click to open)]
(a) Playfulness -- "I like this cute comment. Here is a cute pigeon to bless your day"; a companion of the playful Ghost but while still playful, it's a slightly more dignified type of playfulness because pigeons are proud, regal creatures who know how to strut.

(b) Passive aggressiveness -- "Coo... coo...", as in "Cool, cool... anyways, moving on...", aka "Sure, Jan... whatever you say...". It could also mean "chasing crumbs" like some of you mentioned.


The Ghost:

[Spoiler (click to open)]- It's goofy. It's playful. It's fun.
- "Your joke/sarcasm/sass has killed me. I am now dead from laugher/amusement."

The Pawprints are definitely positive. I'm thinking more along the lines of:

[Spoiler (click to open)]- "YAS!! Lemme get my hands/paws all over that!!" for thirsts posts
- Parasocial playful banter with whatever animal is posted

The Okay one I could do without.

[Spoiler (click to open)]We already have a lot of positive Reacts and if we're to interpret it as a

[buries]

"Coo coo" is killing me.