[Status: Backburner ⏳] Emoji reaction on comments to appear in inbox
Why?
We are collaborating on Wrike and by doing so, some people add comments or just want to inform their colleagues. However, it is not always necessary to respond to every comment. But no reaction at all would be inappropriate as well. By adding an emoji, you can give a quick feedback to your colleague and let them know that you read the comment.
However, if your colleague doesn't get an inbox notification, it seems as if I am ignoring their comments.
Current Workaround?
At the moment, the only alternative is to add a comment everytime a colleague posts an update.
Suggestion?
When adding an emoji to a comment of a colleague, create a notification in the inbox of your colleague that posted an update.
By doing this, quick feedback on updates is possible (time saving). Furthermore, it might be easier to express your feelings towards a comment when using an emoji instead of writing a comment.
Agree that this should be a no-brainer and extremely helpful.
Furthermore, it seemed to have been possible in the past. Here is a Release information from 2017 that proves this: https://help.wrike.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115003333489-Release-Notes-December-14?page=1#community_comment_360011759333
What is the reason this was taken out at some point last year (a colleague remembers that it was still possible last year)?
Being notified of a reaction would be really valuable. This is what we are used to in Microsoft Teams. It's common behavior for people to only react with an emoji and to not leave a comment. Their expectation is that their reaction has been noted and if an action is needed then it will be carried out.
E.g.
Designer: Here is the final draft. Are you ready for me to package the files?
Customer: [Thumbs up]
(Nothing happens for a week while designer waits to be notified of a response, and then eventually checks the task)
Admittedly, this can also be solved with better communication and education, but this would still be a valuable update and would reduce the lead-time to complete projects
Hello Aaron Vernon Smith, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback! I've passed it on to the Product team 👍🏼
Hi @... has there been any update on this?
Having some sort of notification in Wrike that a comment has received a reaction will improve communication. Many people add emojis to let the poster know the comment has been read, but many people also use the emoji reaction to convey agreement or approval. The only way to reliably see the reaction is to open the task and scroll to the comment to see if anyone has reacted. It can be the cause of days of delay and can leave the impression that we aren't communicating with our customers.
It would also be an improvement to remove emoji responses until a notification function was added.
Thanks
Aaron
Hi Aaron Vernon Smith, thank you for checking in here.
Please allow me to share a little detail on how we process Product Feedback. We receive many great ideas on Community, and we pass on all feedback to our Product team. If you'd like to find out more, this article explains what happens after we receive Product feedback.
We check with our team and assign a status after a thread receives more than 60 upvotes according to our Product Feedback Guidelines & Statuses. This suggestion at the moment needs more support. In the meantime, if there are any updates in relation to this suggestion, we'll be sure to update you here. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Hi @... thanks for that explanation.
Hi guys,
Sorry for bothering, do I see it correctly that there are 65 upvotes in regards to this topic? Is there an update about it?
Thanks
Anna-Lisa
Hi everyone! As this suggestion reached 60 votes, I've asked our team to add a status here, and for now, it's Backburner. It means they understand the need here and would like to work on this in the future, but they can't fit it in the current roadmap. We'll continue passing your feedback from this thread, as well as the vote count, and because there are 60+ votes here already, this suggestion will get more exposure during internal discussions, so thank you for your support here!
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This is a basic issue that should be solved right away. What is the point in reacting with an emoji if the person you're responding to doesn't receive notice of your reaction? They would have to coincidentally or proactively return to the task and look for reactions, which isn't practical or efficient.
Thank you for supporting this suggestion Nick McGowan, I understand how having notifications for emoji reactions can be useful. I will now pass your feedback to our Product team.
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Hi Lisa thanks for passing this feedback to the product team. This doesn't feel like a feature request, this seems more like fixing a problem. Can you please mention to the product team that the current state creates causes a lot of missed communication. People are used to using an emoji reaction to confirm a decision. E.g. Is this design ready to be exported and sent to the printers? And the 'reply' is a Thumbs up. Without a notification we can lose days thinking we haven't received a reply.
Completely agree Aaron Vernon Smith. When can we get this fixed Lisa?
Thank you folks, please rest assured all your additional feedback here is reported to the team 👍
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