Use Reactions on Permanent Forum Content

QCLF 1.1.27 lets signed-in members react to permanent Topic Messages and permanent replies when Reactions are enabled and the Category action allows reaction use.

The current permanent-content reaction set is Like, Love, Insightful, and Thanks. Each member has at most one active reaction on a given Topic or Message.

React to a Topic or Message

  1. Open an accessible Topic.
  2. Find the reaction bar on the opening Topic Message or a permanent Message.
  3. Select Like, Love, Insightful, or Thanks.
  4. Select a different reaction to replace your current reaction, or select the same active reaction again to remove it.

Permission and Sanction Checks

QCLF shows reaction controls only when the Category Reactions feature is enabled. Submitting a reaction also requires a signed-in user, no effective interaction sanction, and Category action reaction.use.

If the feature is enabled but the current user cannot react, existing counts can still be rendered read-only.

How Counts Are Stored

QCLF stores one reaction row per user/content target. After a change, it recalculates reaction totals and updates the permanent Topic or reply reaction_count used elsewhere in sorting and display.

Changing a reaction updates the existing row; removing the same active reaction deletes it.

Reaction Notifications

Adding or changing a permanent Topic/Message reaction can notify the content author when the reacting user is someone else. Reaction email delivery has its own user preference and is off by default in the current notification preferences UI.

Removing your existing reaction does not generate a new reaction notification.

Permanent Content Only in the Current UI

The current QCLF frontend renders reaction bars for the opening Topic Message and permanent replies. Live-session Messages do not expose the same reaction action path in the 1.1.27 UI. Archived live Messages become permanent replies and can then participate in permanent-content behavior.

Community Discussion

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