“Current reasons to vote on a post:
A: Agree/disagree with the conclusion
B: Think the post is well argued / badly argued
C: Think the post is witty / appeals to applause lights”
Separating into agree/disagree and upvote/downvote changes it into A and B+C, as emile pointed out.
However, none of us really want karma to be about C. Maybe we could do better with a simple rewording? “good argument/poor argument” vs “upvote/downvote”? Wording could go in place of the icons, or as hover text.
Above, emile broke it down to:
“Current reasons to vote on a post: A: Agree/disagree with the conclusion B: Think the post is well argued / badly argued C: Think the post is witty / appeals to applause lights”
Separating into agree/disagree and upvote/downvote changes it into A and B+C, as emile pointed out.
However, none of us really want karma to be about C. Maybe we could do better with a simple rewording? “good argument/poor argument” vs “upvote/downvote”? Wording could go in place of the icons, or as hover text.