Method and apparatus for displaying emoji reply, terminal device, and server

An apparatus for displaying an emoji reply, comprising a processor configured to control:

• an emoji providing module configured to pop up an emoji box on a chat interface upon detecting a first operation performed by a first user on a target chat message on the chat interface, the emoji box including a set of emoji;
• an emoji reply processing module configured to receive a first emoji selected by the first user from the set of emoji, and send an emoji reply request to a server;
• a first receiving module configured to receive first instruction information returned by the server in response to the emoji reply request;
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• an emoji reply displaying module configured to display first emoji reply information on the target chat message in accordance with the first instruction information:
• when no other users have replied to the target chat message with the first emoji, the first emoji reply information includes the first emoji and a first user label corresponding to the first user;
• when a number of users who have replied to the target chat message with the first emoji is at or below a predetermined threshold, the first emoji reply information includes the first emoji and a user label for each of the number of users who have replied to the target chat message with the first emoji;
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• when a number of users who have replied to the target chat message with the first emoji exceeds a predetermined threshold, the first emoji reply information includes the first emoji and a user label for each of a number of users within the predetermined threshold and prompt information to represent one or more number of users that exceed the predetermined threshold, and at least one hidden user label is displayed on the chat interface upon detecting a second operation is performed by a user on the prompt information,
• wherein the emoji reply displaying module is further configured to determine that the first user performs an operation on the target chat message to withdraw the first emoji reply upon detecting that the first user clicks the first user label or an area where the first user label is located.