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LessWrong Reacts

Edited by Ben Pace, gustaf, et al. last updated 8th Oct 2025

LessWrong has its own palette of clickable reacts to text! They are quite different from those on other websites.

Here are all the ones currently active on LessWrong.

ImageNameDescriptionExplanation
Agreed LessWrong allows you to agree-upvote, but then people couldn't know who agreed. When agreeing with a reply to your comment, this reaction allows people to know you specifically agree
Disagree  
Important  
Good point!This comment makes a good point 
That's a cruxMy other beliefs would be different if I had different beliefs about this 
Not a cruxMy other beliefs would not change if I had different beliefs about this 
Strong ArgumentThis is a strong, well-reasoned argument. 
Weak ArgumentThis argument is weak or poorly reasoned. 
Changed My MindI updated my beliefs based on this.In math, Δ ('delta') means 'change'
Changed My Mind (on this point)I've changed my mind on this particular point (not necessarily on any larger claims). 
Scout MindsetGood job focusing on figuring out what's true, rather than fighting for a sideScout mindset is "the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were".
From the book The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
Soldier MindsetThis seems to be trying to fight for a side rather than figure out what's trueOpposite of Scout Mindset
I notice I'm confusedI don't have a clear explanation of what's going on here 
I don't understand  
Smells like LLMThis reads to me like it could've been written by a language model. 
Clearly WrittenI had an easy time understanding this 
Difficult to ParseI had trouble reading this. 
Missed the pointI think this misses what I (or the other person) actually believes and was trying to say or explain 
Misunderstands position?This seems to misunderstand the thing that it argues against 
Seems Offtopic?I don't see how this is relevant to what's being discussed. 
Too Sneering?This is too much sneering (signaling disrespect and derision) relative to its substantive critique. 
Too Combative?This seems more combative than it needs to be to communicate its point. 
ConcreteThis makes things more concrete by bringing in specifics or examples. 
Examples?I'd be interested in seeing concrete examples of this 
Already addressedThis has been covered earlier in the post or comment thread. 
Bowing OutI'm bowing out of this thread at this point. Goodbye for now! 
Paperclip See the Squiggle Maximizer (formerly "Paperclip maximizer") tag.
Hits the MarkThis hits the mark 
Why? / Citation?Why do you believe that? Or, what's your source for that? 
Nice Scholarship!Good job looking into existing literature and citing sources 
Let's make a bet!I'm willing to put money on this claim!Why is betting important?
Good FacilitationThis seemed to help people understand each other 
Question AnsweredThis resolved my question! Thanks. 
Plus One Akin to saying "me too"
I Saw This...and thought it'd be useful to let people know. 
Less than 1% likelyI put 1% or less likelihood on this claim 
10% likelyI put about 10% likelihood on this claim 
~25% likelyI put about 25% likelihood on this claim 
~40% likelyI put about 40% likelihood on this claim 
~50% likelyI put about 50% likelihood on this claim 
~60% likelyI put about 60% likelihood on this claim 
~75% likelyI put about 75% likelihood on this claim 
~90% likelyI put about 90% likelihood on this claim 
99+% likelyI put 99% (or more) likelihood on this claim 
UnsureI don't know what to think of this 
ThinkingFood for thought 
ExcitingThis is exciting! 
Beautiful!  
Haha!  
Oops!Oops! I made a mistake or error. 
Disappointed  
Sad  
SmileThis makes me happy. :) 
Heart  
TypoThis contains a typo, or minor editing error 
NitpickThis seems like it's focusing on a relatively unimportant point. 
MolochMoloch whose mind is pure machinery!
Moloch whose blood is running money!
Moloch whose fingers are ten armies!
Moloch whose breast is a cannibal dynamo!
Moloch whose ear is a smoking tomb!
A reference to Scott Alexander's classic essay Meditatons on Moloch, in which the evil god 'Moloch' is made the face of all human coordination problems and the suffering and strife that they lead to.

In a problem where no actor is ultimately responsible, we figuratively name Moloch responsible, to have an enemy to fight.

This react is appropriate when someone is regrettably fighting a faceless bureaucracy, or a culture, or something much larger than a single human, that no human fully determines or controls.

See the Moloch tag
"I beseech you!""I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken"

—Oliver Cromwell, 1650
See Cromwell's rule
Agree Denotationally, Disagree ConnotationallyI agree with the explicit meaning of these words, but I don't agree with what I read as the subtext here.Coined by this comment
Thanks  
Thumbs UpI saw this, and feel vaguely good about it 
Thumbs DownI saw this, and vaguely dislike it 
SurpriseI did not expect that! 
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