Separately, I’m skeptical of this feature because I fear the prospect of getting this kind of feedback would be draining and aversive and distracting.
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK: LW has a feature to see karma upvotes but not downvotes in the top corner periodically. I think it’s the default. It’s a great feature! Negative feedback is helpful but also exhausting; low-bandwidth negative feedback has all the emotional energy costs without much of the benefits. Here we’re making negative feedback very on-the-nose / difficult to ignore, and coming from specific people, which makes it worse I think.
POSITIVE FEEDBACK: Is also an issue!! I have issues checking feedback over and over when I have better things to do. I’m mostly managing the issue on LW, with the help of a browser tweak that hides karma and approval on my user page. I feel like I’m a recovering alcoholic and this feature is putting a bottle of wine on my nightstand. Two things in particular: the lack of anonymity and ability to request clarification etc. would make me feel like I should check over and over because it’s part of an active conversation. Like, I already have issues checking feedback when there’s no logical reason to! Second, also related to the anonymity, I think there’s a bigger dopamine hit when I’m getting complimented by a person I know. Maybe that’s why I have a harder time with checking for likes on Facebook and Twitter after posting, than with checking for karma / approval on LW after posting. Of course I compensate by tweeting or facebooking much less than I otherwise would.
I wouldn’t ask anyone to design their site around my stupid unresolved self-control issues, so feel free to ignore.
Separately, I’m skeptical of this feature because I fear the prospect of getting this kind of feedback would be draining and aversive and distracting.
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK: LW has a feature to see karma upvotes but not downvotes in the top corner periodically. I think it’s the default. It’s a great feature! Negative feedback is helpful but also exhausting; low-bandwidth negative feedback has all the emotional energy costs without much of the benefits. Here we’re making negative feedback very on-the-nose / difficult to ignore, and coming from specific people, which makes it worse I think.
POSITIVE FEEDBACK: Is also an issue!! I have issues checking feedback over and over when I have better things to do. I’m mostly managing the issue on LW, with the help of a browser tweak that hides karma and approval on my user page. I feel like I’m a recovering alcoholic and this feature is putting a bottle of wine on my nightstand. Two things in particular: the lack of anonymity and ability to request clarification etc. would make me feel like I should check over and over because it’s part of an active conversation. Like, I already have issues checking feedback when there’s no logical reason to! Second, also related to the anonymity, I think there’s a bigger dopamine hit when I’m getting complimented by a person I know. Maybe that’s why I have a harder time with checking for likes on Facebook and Twitter after posting, than with checking for karma / approval on LW after posting. Of course I compensate by tweeting or facebooking much less than I otherwise would.
I wouldn’t ask anyone to design their site around my stupid unresolved self-control issues, so feel free to ignore.
Have you looked into whether you are ADHD?