Also while I’m leaving feedback, I think there’s too much nuance/overlap between some of the reactions. I think I’d prefer a smaller set that was something like:
insightful
confusing
i like this
i love this
i disagree and am maybe angry about it
this post is offputting in some other way that violates norms
I like the wide variety of possible reactions available in Slack and Discord, though I think for LW, the default / starting set could be a bit smaller, to reduce complexity / overwhelming-ness of picking an appropriate reaction.
Reactions I’d strike:
Additional questions (I’d feel a bit disconcerted if I received this reaction without an accompanying comment.)
Strawman (kinda harsh for a reaction)
Concrete (this is either covered by an upvote, or seems like faint praise if not accompanied by an upvote.)
one of “key insight” or “insightful” and one of “too harsh” or “combative” (too much overlap)
But maybe it’s easier to wait and see which reactions are used least often, and then eliminate those.
I think nuance is good. A drawback is that on comments that get a lot of reactions it could be too much information for people to pay attention to as compared with a smaller set, but I think that is a worthwhile tradeoff.
Also while I’m leaving feedback, I think there’s too much nuance/overlap between some of the reactions. I think I’d prefer a smaller set that was something like:
insightful
confusing
i like this
i love this
i disagree and am maybe angry about it
this post is offputting in some other way that violates norms
I like the wide variety of possible reactions available in Slack and Discord, though I think for LW, the default / starting set could be a bit smaller, to reduce complexity / overwhelming-ness of picking an appropriate reaction.
Reactions I’d strike:
Additional questions (I’d feel a bit disconcerted if I received this reaction without an accompanying comment.)
Strawman (kinda harsh for a reaction)
Concrete (this is either covered by an upvote, or seems like faint praise if not accompanied by an upvote.)
one of “key insight” or “insightful” and one of “too harsh” or “combative” (too much overlap)
But maybe it’s easier to wait and see which reactions are used least often, and then eliminate those.
I think nuance is good. A drawback is that on comments that get a lot of reactions it could be too much information for people to pay attention to as compared with a smaller set, but I think that is a worthwhile tradeoff.