“Refine upvotes/downvotes to make it easier to provide commentary on a post, e.g. “agree with the conclusion but disagree with the argument”, or “accurate points, but ad-hominem tone”.”—this seems complex and better done via a comment
Some sort of emoticon could work, like what Facebook does.
Personally, I find the lack of feedback from an upvote or downvote to be discouraging. I understand that many people don’t want to take the time to provide a quick comment, but personally I think that’s silly as a 10 second comment could help a lot in many cases. If there is a possibility for a 1 second feedback method to allow a little more information than up or down, I think it’s worth trying.
“Refine upvotes/downvotes to make it easier to provide commentary on a post, e.g. “agree with the conclusion but disagree with the argument”, or “accurate points, but ad-hominem tone”.”—this seems complex and better done via a comment
For the Russian LessWrong slack chat we agreed on the following emoji semantics:
:+1: means “I want to see more messages like this”
:-1: means “I want to see less messages like this”
:plus: means “I agree with a position expressed here”
:minus: means “I disagree”
:same: means “it’s the same for me” and is used for impressions, subjective experiences and preferences, but without approval connotations
:delta: means “I have changed my mind/updated”
We also have 25 custom :fallacy_*: emoji for pointing out fallacies, and a few other custom emoji for other low-effort, low-noise signaling.
It all works quite well and after using it for a few months the idea of going back to simple upvotes/downvotes feels like a significant regression.
Shared here: What reacts do you to be able to give to posts? (emoticons, cognicons, and more)
This Slack-specific emoji capability is akin to Facebook Reactions; namely a wider array of aggregated post/comment actions.
Some sort of emoticon could work, like what Facebook does.
Personally, I find the lack of feedback from an upvote or downvote to be discouraging. I understand that many people don’t want to take the time to provide a quick comment, but personally I think that’s silly as a 10 second comment could help a lot in many cases. If there is a possibility for a 1 second feedback method to allow a little more information than up or down, I think it’s worth trying.
I’m reminded of Slashdot. Not that you necessarily want to copy that, but that’s some preexisting work in that direction.