I think people will still write +1 comments because they won't notice this new f...

Nadya · on March 10, 2016

If I reply with :+1: am I responding to the comment above me (in context) or to the original Issue?

(Not that I do :+1: comments, but the above is a scenario where automatically converting wouldn't work.)

city41 · on March 10, 2016

Good point. Then maybe convert +1 comments into a popup showing reactions to the user.

Or just wait for people to learn the feature over time.

bennyg · on March 10, 2016

The latter option, for sure.

dabernathy89 · on March 10, 2016

Now it will be more appropriate to shame people for doing it, though, and hopefully that will eventually lead to changed behavior.