diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8df878e8..3e78d89b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ chrome
 dist
 node_modules
 yarn-error.log
+.idea
diff --git a/src/post-reaction-component.ts b/src/post-reaction-component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c2726f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/post-reaction-component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import {
+  createIssue as createGitHubIssue,
+  Issue,
+  loadIssueByNumber,
+  ReactionID,
+  Reactions,
+  reactionTypes,
+  toggleReaction,
+  User
+} from './github';
+import { EmptyReactions, reactionEmoji, reactionNames } from './reactions';
+import { pageAttributes as page } from './page-attributes';
+
+export class PostReactionComponent {
+  public readonly element: HTMLElement;
+  private readonly countAnchor: HTMLAnchorElement;
+  private readonly reactionListContainer: HTMLFormElement;
+  private reactions: Reactions = new EmptyReactions();
+  private reactionsCount: number = 0;
+  private issueURL: string = '';
+
+  constructor(
+    private user: User | null,
+    private issue: Issue | null,
+    private createIssueCallback: (issue: Issue) => Promise<null>
+  ) {
+    this.element = document.createElement('section');
+    this.element.classList.add('post-reactions');
+    this.element.innerHTML = `
+      <header>
+        <a class="text-link" target="_blank"></a>
+      </header>
+       <form class="post-reaction-list BtnGroup" action="javascript:">
+       </form>`;
+    this.countAnchor = this.element.querySelector('header a') as HTMLAnchorElement;
+    this.reactionListContainer = this.element.querySelector('.post-reaction-list') as HTMLFormElement;
+    this.setIssue(this.issue)
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  public setIssue(issue: Issue | null) {
+    this.issue = issue;
+    if (issue) {
+      this.reactions = issue.reactions;
+      this.reactionsCount = issue.reactions.total_count;
+      this.issueURL = issue.html_url;
+      this.render();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private setupSubmitHandler() {
+    const buttons = this.reactionListContainer.querySelectorAll('button');
+
+    function toggleButtons(disabled: boolean) {
+      buttons.forEach(b => b.disabled = disabled);
+    }
+
+    const handler = async (event: Event) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+
+      const button = event.target as HTMLButtonElement;
+      toggleButtons(true);
+      const id = button.value as ReactionID;
+      const issueExists = !!this.issue;
+
+      if (!issueExists) {
+        const newIssue = await createGitHubIssue(
+          page.issueTerm as string,
+          page.url,
+          page.title,
+          page.description || '',
+          page.label
+        );
+        const issue = await loadIssueByNumber(newIssue.number);
+        this.issue = issue;
+        this.reactions = issue.reactions;
+        await this.createIssueCallback(issue);
+      }
+
+      const url = this.reactions.url;
+      const {deleted} = await toggleReaction(url, id);
+      const delta = deleted ? -1 : 1;
+      this.reactions[id] += delta;
+      this.reactions.total_count += delta;
+      this.issue!.reactions = this.reactions;
+      toggleButtons(false);
+      this.setIssue(this.issue);
+    }
+
+    buttons.forEach(b => b.addEventListener('click', handler, true))
+  }
+
+  private getSubmitButtons(): string {
+    function buttonFor(url: string, reaction: ReactionID, disabled: boolean, count: number): string {
+      return `
+        <button
+          type="submit"
+          action="javascript:"
+          formaction="${url}"
+          class="btn BtnGroup-item btn-outline post-reaction-button"
+          value="${reaction}"
+          aria-label="Toggle ${reactionNames[reaction]} reaction"
+          reaction-count="${count}"
+          ${disabled ? 'disabled' : ''}>
+          ${reactionEmoji[reaction]}
+        </button>`;
+    }
+
+    const issueLocked = this.issue ? this.issue.locked : false;
+    return reactionTypes
+      .map(id => buttonFor(this.reactions.url, id, !this.user || issueLocked, this.reactions[id]))
+      .join('')
+  }
+
+  private render() {
+    if (this.issueURL !== '') {
+      this.countAnchor.href = this.issueURL;
+    } else {
+      this.countAnchor.removeAttribute('href');
+    }
+    this.countAnchor.textContent = `${this.reactionsCount} Reaction${this.reactionsCount === 1 ? '' : 's'}`;
+    this.reactionListContainer.innerHTML = this.getSubmitButtons();
+    this.setupSubmitHandler();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/reactions.ts b/src/reactions.ts
index c9305696..ae2c2be9 100644
--- a/src/reactions.ts
+++ b/src/reactions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { toggleReaction, ReactionID, reactionTypes } from './github';
+import { ReactionID, Reactions, reactionTypes, toggleReaction } from './github';
 import { getLoginUrl } from './oauth';
 import { pageAttributes } from './page-attributes';
 import { scheduleMeasure } from './measure';
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ export const reactionEmoji: Record<ReactionID, string> = {
   'eyes': '👀'
 };
 
+export class EmptyReactions implements Reactions {
+  '+1' = 0;
+  '-1' = 0;
+  confused = 0;
+  eyes = 0;
+  heart = 0;
+  hooray = 0;
+  laugh = 0;
+  rocket = 0;
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:variable-name
+  total_count = 0;
+  url = '';
+}
+
 export function getReactionHtml(url: string, reaction: ReactionID, disabled: boolean, count: number) {
   return `
   <button
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/post-reactions.scss b/src/stylesheets/post-reactions.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..905bf61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stylesheets/post-reactions.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.post-reactions {
+  margin: $spacer-3 0;
+  padding: 0 $spacer-1;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+
+  .post-reaction-list {
+    margin: $spacer-2 0;
+
+    & > .post-reaction-button {
+      font-weight: normal;
+      padding: $spacer-2 $spacer-3;
+      border-radius: 0 !important;
+
+      &::after {
+        display: inline-block;
+        margin-left: 2px;
+        content: attr(reaction-count);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/utterances.scss b/src/stylesheets/utterances.scss
index 6c339851..72427df9 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/utterances.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheets/utterances.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 @import "@primer/css/forms/form-control";
 @import "@primer/css/popover/index";
 @import "./util";
+@import "./post-reactions";
 @import "./timeline";
 @import "./timeline-comment";
 @import "./permalink-code";
diff --git a/src/timeline-component.ts b/src/timeline-component.ts
index 7b6efb08..bd4c1c7e 100644
--- a/src/timeline-component.ts
+++ b/src/timeline-component.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class TimelineComponent {
     private user: User | null,
     private issue: Issue | null
   ) {
-    this.element = document.createElement('main');
+    this.element = document.createElement('section');
     this.element.classList.add('timeline');
     this.element.innerHTML = `
       <h1 class="timeline-header">
diff --git a/src/utterances.ts b/src/utterances.ts
index 0967b152..79628b50 100644
--- a/src/utterances.ts
+++ b/src/utterances.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 import { pageAttributes as page } from './page-attributes';
 import {
+  createIssue as createGitHubIssue,
   Issue,
-  setRepoContext,
-  loadIssueByTerm,
-  loadIssueByNumber,
+  IssueComment,
   loadCommentsPage,
+  loadIssueByNumber,
+  loadIssueByTerm,
   loadUser,
-  postComment,
-  createIssue,
   PAGE_SIZE,
-  IssueComment
+  postComment,
+  setRepoContext
 } from './github';
 import { TimelineComponent } from './timeline-component';
 import { NewCommentComponent } from './new-comment-component';
-import { startMeasuring, scheduleMeasure } from './measure';
+import { scheduleMeasure, startMeasuring } from './measure';
 import { loadTheme } from './theme';
 import { getRepoConfig } from './repo-config';
 import { loadToken } from './oauth';
 import { enableReactions } from './reactions';
+import { PostReactionComponent } from './post-reaction-component';
 
 setRepoContext(page);
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ function loadIssue(): Promise<Issue | null> {
 }
 
 async function bootstrap() {
+  const main = document.createElement('main');
+  document.body.appendChild(main);
+
   await loadToken();
   // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-const
   let [issue, user] = await Promise.all([
@@ -40,7 +44,13 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   startMeasuring(page.origin);
 
   const timeline = new TimelineComponent(user, issue);
-  document.body.appendChild(timeline.element);
+  const createIssueCallback = async (newIssue: Issue) => {
+    issue = newIssue;
+    timeline.setIssue(issue);
+  }
+  const postReactionComponent = new PostReactionComponent(user, issue, createIssueCallback);
+  main.appendChild(postReactionComponent.element);
+  main.appendChild(timeline.element);
 
   if (issue && issue.comments > 0) {
     renderComments(issue, timeline);
@@ -57,14 +67,16 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   const submit = async (markdown: string) => {
     await assertOrigin();
     if (!issue) {
-      issue = await createIssue(
+      const newIssue = await createGitHubIssue(
         page.issueTerm as string,
         page.url,
         page.title,
         page.description || '',
         page.label
       );
+      issue = await loadIssueByNumber(newIssue.number);
       timeline.setIssue(issue);
+      postReactionComponent.setIssue(issue);
     }
     const comment = await postComment(issue.number, markdown);
     timeline.insertComment(comment, true);
@@ -136,8 +148,8 @@ async function renderComments(issue: Issue, timeline: TimelineComponent) {
 }
 
 export async function assertOrigin() {
-  const { origins } = await getRepoConfig();
-  const { origin, owner, repo } = page;
+  const {origins} = await getRepoConfig();
+  const {origin, owner, repo} = page;
   if (origins.indexOf(origin) !== -1) {
     return;
   }
@@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ export async function assertOrigin() {
     </a>
     to include <code>${origin}</code> in the list of origins.<br/><br/>
     Suggested configuration:<br/>
-    <pre><code>${JSON.stringify({ origins: [origin] }, null, 2)}</code></pre>
+    <pre><code>${JSON.stringify({origins: [origin]}, null, 2)}</code></pre>
   </div>`);
   scheduleMeasure();
   throw new Error('Origin not permitted.');