I initially voted to eliminate agreement voting, because having both seems like too much UI complexity with confusing overlap.
But thinking about it further, I strongly predict that agree / disagree reactions will be used much less often than agree / disagree voting, especially by lurkers and non-participants in a discussion thread, because reactions are not anonymous.
I think the ability to give anonymous, low-effort / no-impact feedback is an important consideration, and I often find it useful to see how a large number of voters feel about a comment. I’m not sure if this consideration outweighs the UI complexity / overwhelmingness / duplicative-ness concern.
If both are kept, one could:
strong disagree vote
disagree react
agree anti-react
All on the same post or comment. This could be interpreted as “super” disagreement bordering on hostility, or it could just be the result of a confused user unsure how to communicate their disagreement, but who wants to be extra-sure that it is communicated.
I initially voted to eliminate agreement voting, because having both seems like too much UI complexity with confusing overlap.
But thinking about it further, I strongly predict that agree / disagree reactions will be used much less often than agree / disagree voting, especially by lurkers and non-participants in a discussion thread, because reactions are not anonymous.
I think the ability to give anonymous, low-effort / no-impact feedback is an important consideration, and I often find it useful to see how a large number of voters feel about a comment. I’m not sure if this consideration outweighs the UI complexity / overwhelmingness / duplicative-ness concern.
If both are kept, one could:
strong disagree vote
disagree react
agree anti-react
All on the same post or comment. This could be interpreted as “super” disagreement bordering on hostility, or it could just be the result of a confused user unsure how to communicate their disagreement, but who wants to be extra-sure that it is communicated.