I find it interesting that you’re worried the feedback isn’t compelling enough, and I’m worried it will be too compelling in bad ways. I strongly resonate with the idea that someone taking the time to write ‘nice post’ feels much better than getting a like or upvote. That seems good so long as doing so is rare and someone failing to do this does not feel like information, since it involves far more conscious effort.
I also like Rob’s idea of collapsing ‘minor’ comments, with my additional suggestion that the person you’re replying to defaults to seeing them in expanded form, and likely they start at sorting power −1 for other people. This could also be useful for things like “you have a typo or math error.”
I find it interesting that you’re worried the feedback isn’t compelling enough, and I’m worried it will be too compelling in bad ways. I strongly resonate with the idea that someone taking the time to write ‘nice post’ feels much better than getting a like or upvote. That seems good so long as doing so is rare and someone failing to do this does not feel like information, since it involves far more conscious effort.
I also like Rob’s idea of collapsing ‘minor’ comments, with my additional suggestion that the person you’re replying to defaults to seeing them in expanded form, and likely they start at sorting power −1 for other people. This could also be useful for things like “you have a typo or math error.”