I appreciate this voting system in controversial threads, but find it a bit overkill otherwise.
Maybe you could make this option “enabled by default”, so if a thread creator doesn’t think it’s a good fit for a post, they can opt out of it by unchecking a box?
Giving a post’s creator the option to enable/disable this secondary axis voting seems valuable. A post creator will probably know when his post will generally need nuanced comments with differing opinions, or is more lightweight (ie. what’s your favourite icecream) and would appreciate the lighter UI.
I appreciate this voting system in controversial threads, but find it a bit overkill otherwise.
Maybe you could make this option “enabled by default”, so if a thread creator doesn’t think it’s a good fit for a post, they can opt out of it by unchecking a box?
Giving a post’s creator the option to enable/disable this secondary axis voting seems valuable. A post creator will probably know when his post will generally need nuanced comments with differing opinions, or is more lightweight (ie. what’s your favourite icecream) and would appreciate the lighter UI.