People previously didn’t like being downvoted into the negatives. I wonder whether the same will be true along the disagreement axis. On the one hand “I disagree with this comment” isn’t really saying something contentious in the same way that “I dislike this comment” is, so being “in the red” along the disagreement axis shouldn’t really feel too bad. On the other hand, I have a feeling that being “in the red” along any dimension just has a certain inherent social disapproval kinda feeling that is pretty uncomfortable.
If the latter is true (people find being in the negatives along the agreement axis pretty uncomfortable) then I think the consequence of that is that people won’t want to say a) controversial things or b) things that are easy to agree/disagree with, in the “sticking your neck out” sense. Neither of those things would be good.
People previously didn’t like being downvoted into the negatives. I wonder whether the same will be true along the disagreement axis. On the one hand “I disagree with this comment” isn’t really saying something contentious in the same way that “I dislike this comment” is, so being “in the red” along the disagreement axis shouldn’t really feel too bad. On the other hand, I have a feeling that being “in the red” along any dimension just has a certain inherent social disapproval kinda feeling that is pretty uncomfortable.
If the latter is true (people find being in the negatives along the agreement axis pretty uncomfortable) then I think the consequence of that is that people won’t want to say a) controversial things or b) things that are easy to agree/disagree with, in the “sticking your neck out” sense. Neither of those things would be good.