Presenting participant reactions within a virtual conferencing system

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:
• providing for a virtual conference between plural participants;
• providing, for each of the plural participants, display of a reaction button which is selectable by the participant to indicate a reaction to the virtual conference;
• receiving indication of selections of the reaction button by one or more of the plural participants;
• and
• in response to receiving the indication,
• providing, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction icons and audio output based on the selections,
• determining that a rate at which the selections were received meets a threshold rate, and
• providing, in response to the determining, for modified audio output associated with the selections.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• providing for a virtual conference between plural participants;
• providing, for each of the plural participants, display of a reaction button which is selectable by the participant to indicate a reaction to the virtual conference;
• receiving indication of selections of the reaction button by one or more of the plural participants;
• and
• in response to receiving the indication,
• providing, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction icons and audio output based on the selections,
• determining that a rate at which the selections were received meets a threshold rate, and
• providing, in response to the determining, for modified audio output associated with the selections.