A user asks OpenAI for emoji reactions that work both ways in ChatGPT

What the request asks for

A user posted a feature request on OpenAI's community forum, as community.openai.com showed, asking for emoji reactions on individual ChatGPT messages. The model is the familiar one from iMessage and other messaging apps: tap or long-press a message, pick an emoji, and it appears just under that message.

The user also wants people to be able to change or remove a reaction, and wants the whole thing to be optional so anyone can keep chatting in plain text.

The two-way part

The author says the most important piece is that reactions run in both directions. You could react to ChatGPT's answer, and ChatGPT could react to your message when it fits.

The stated reasoning is practical. A quick reaction could acknowledge an answer without adding another written turn, cut down on filler messages, and make a long conversation easier to follow. The user asks for it in both the mobile app and the web version.

What we do not know

This is one person's suggestion on a public forum. Nothing in the post shows OpenAI has accepted it, scheduled it or started building it, so treat it as an idea rather than a coming feature.

It is also unclear how a reaction would be used. The post does not say whether ChatGPT would treat a tap as feedback on its answer or simply as a social gesture. That difference matters, because a model that reads a reaction as a signal would need to know what it means.

Why a small idea is still worth a look

Small as it is, the request shows that people want quicker ways to respond in a chat that is mostly typed. Until anything like it exists, a short sentence saying what worked and what missed gives ChatGPT more to go on than an emoji would.