I am also skeptical about this feature for a similar reason (i.e. that high-effort high-bandwidth replies will not get written because a low-effort low-bandwidth react is available instead).
I’m slightly reminded of the section in Digital Minimalism where Cal Newport says to stop clicking “like” on facebook posts, because you’ll trick your brain into thinking that you are contributing to a conversation when you’re not. (The fact that karma and approval votes are anonymous mitigates that problem, maybe.)
Low confidence on all this though. Maybe I’m just biased towards what I’m used to.
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.
I am also skeptical about this feature for a similar reason (i.e. that high-effort high-bandwidth replies will not get written because a low-effort low-bandwidth react is available instead).
I’m slightly reminded of the section in Digital Minimalism where Cal Newport says to stop clicking “like” on facebook posts, because you’ll trick your brain into thinking that you are contributing to a conversation when you’re not. (The fact that karma and approval votes are anonymous mitigates that problem, maybe.)
Low confidence on all this though. Maybe I’m just biased towards what I’m used to.
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?
Welcome to the curmudgeon club!