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Our Dear Unicorn Friend is Going on Vacation

Ben Halpern on September 26, 2022

We are making design adjustments to Forem (the open-source codebase that powers DEV and other communities). We are removing the unicorn icon from ...
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Kasper Andreassen β€’

So you guys are basically a servant of Lord Voldemort, slaying an innocent unicorn?

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Rest in peace, sweet prince πŸ¦„

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Jima Victor β€’

Dev team: Avada Kedavra

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Kasope Johnson β€’

😭😭😭

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Tyler Smith β€’

πŸ¦„ (unicorn reaction)

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Oskar Lauritsen β€’

😭😭😭

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Mahmoud Harmouch β€’

I like how the URL of this post ends with: idm - I don't mind. So our dear lovely creature is ok with that decision. Legend says it could be a wild coincidence.

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Ben Halpern β€’

Ha, that's great.

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Manuel Artero Anguita 🟨 β€’ β€’ Edited

I'd really just replace the boring 🧑 by the πŸ¦„.

🧑

  • i like this
  • nothing new
  • lack of personality

πŸ¦„

  • I unicorn this
  • rainbow
  • it's a unicorn babe.
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RaΓ­ B. Toffoletto β€’

This! Please this.

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Michael Tharrington β€’

cartoon unicorn with humanoid body using hula hoop with arms crossed, only shown from waist up, thankfully

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Thomas Bnt β€’

Whatever, I unicorned (liked + unicorn) this post.

This post was unicorned

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Diner Das β€’ β€’ Edited

Gone but not forgotten πŸ¦„

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Pandita β€’

I'm sad about the unicorn :'( I always loved to click it as a way to EXTRA like a post XD

I do want to mention that I really miss Dev's retro feeling (and the pink theme), I know WHY it had to change, but... I still miss it.

Hopefully the unicorn comes back soon!

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spO0q β€’

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Wj β€’

lol

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Daniel Schulz β€’

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Question: How is this going to be solved in the API? I'm using positive_reactions_count on my blog to display those sweet sweet likes. Are they going away?

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Ben Halpern β€’

Historical unicorns are still present and part of the count.

And once the unicorn returns in the new format, they'll also still be there.

For the time being, folks can't create new unicorns, but everything else stays in place.

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Daniel Schulz β€’

Awesome.
And I love that fact that you now have to deal with historical unicorns.

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Chris Jarvis β€’

The Unicorn was the GOAT.

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Freddy GonzΓ‘lez β€’

I thought the unicorn was meant that a post was unique or like finding a magic creature so it was worth reading. πŸ¦„

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Ekim Cem Ülger β€’

This is the first ( and probably the last) post that has more unicorns than likes :)

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Ekim Cem Ülger β€’

Wait, can't you unicorn comments? nvm.

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Vincent A. Cicirello β€’

No. Comments just have the heart reaction. I wonder whether the UI update will change that?

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Ekim Cem Ülger β€’

Maybe a new type, "downicorn" ? better then unlike

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F53 β€’

F

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Wj β€’

!! pretty rude, I must say...

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F53 β€’

?

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Vincent A. Cicirello β€’

It's funny how there are more unicorns on this post than hearts. I know I gave it a unicorn to honor DEV's unicorn friend as they leave us.

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The Jared Wilcurt β€’

You're telling me I made this gif for nothing!

Hearts and Unicorns, requested by Stephen Colbert

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Gregory Gaines β€’

What about new posts that won't get the benefit of an aditional reaction to help their post climb? Seems a bit unfair.

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Andy Piper β€’

Personally I'm here for the community, and for writing when I have something to share; not for sheer volumes of reactions.

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Gregory Gaines β€’

That’s good to hear but that doesn’t change that posts are ranked by the number of reactions which older posts get the benefit of pre unicorn vs. post unicorn posts.

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raddevus β€’

Does this
Image description mean you're angry at the person who posted or the content they posted?

For example, if I post something like:

I hate bananas, they are so disgusting.

...then someone uses the angry-face emoji to vote on my comment.
Which of the following should I think?

  1. they too, do not like bananas
  2. they do not like the comment? (they actually like bananas)
  3. they don't like me πŸ˜…

Hopefully you'll do a whole write-up on proper use of the voting emojis. 😁
Maybe a spreadhsheet that lists the emoji & meaning.

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crowdozer β€’

</3

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Toul β€’

Quick everyone we must create as many unicorns as we can

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JoelBonetR πŸ₯‡ β€’

I offer my posts to be bags for holding unicorns those days πŸ˜†

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Lahcene Ouled Moussa β€’

Great job

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Sanjay Ojha β€’

Can we add dark mode option for not logged in member too?

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Wj β€’

):)

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Lewis Cowles β€’

Can't we opt out of this mistake and keep the unicorn (choosing later if we ever want to upgrade)

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codingjlu β€’

We'll miss you ;)

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Oziel Perez β€’

Press F to pay respects πŸ¦„

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Angelee Morquin-Suansing β€’

I'm getting interested witb the Forem. i'll sign up this time. I'm new to this place po, so pardon me for being ignorant :).

Salamat po to all who are reading my comment.

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Oskar Lauritsen β€’

I like how the URL of this post ends with: idm - I don't mind. So our dear lovely creature is ok with that decision. Legend says it could be a wild coincidence.