I think your comment excellently illustrates the problems with the experiment!
Next to the upvote/downvote buttons there’s a separate box for agreement/disagreement. I think the aim is to separate “this post contributes to the discussion in a positive/negative way” from “I think the claims expressed here are accurate”. It’s active in the comments of the post I linked in my comment and there’s a pinned comment from Ruby explaining it.
What’s the two-axis voting system?
I think your comment excellently illustrates the problems with the experiment!
Next to the upvote/downvote buttons there’s a separate box for agreement/disagreement. I think the aim is to separate “this post contributes to the discussion in a positive/negative way” from “I think the claims expressed here are accurate”. It’s active in the comments of the post I linked in my comment and there’s a pinned comment from Ruby explaining it.
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Ah. I saw as soon as I went to the comments. Glancing at the top of the post—and hovering—did not reveal any such voting approach on the post.
this comment
At glance, the point is something like:
Agree, Downvote
This comment is fine—but it’s in the wrong spot, posted twice, or off topic.
It gets more complicated from there.
ETA:
Actually, the notes on the ‘agree’ option are really vague.