I notice that I am uncertain how to interpret the “hearts” on this comment. Do they mean that people have empathy for my feeling or that they “love” this comment (a la strong upvote) with the meaning that heart reacts have in other places?
I interpreted it as “vibing with this” or “mood”. Feeling a moment of connection with another human being through their words, either because it matches your own experience or because they painted a foreign vista vivid enough to inhabit.
I think that the heart matching “empathy” makes me think it’s intended to show emotional support for someone, like if I had a post about my dog dying or something. You might not “agree” since there might not be anything factual going on, but it would still be nice to be able to somehow make me know you noticed.
I think for any lasting system I want zero yellow-circle-face icons if for no other reason to preserve LessWrong’s aesthetic (or my sense of it).
In addition, maybe any emoji should be grayscale so as to be less distracting?
A user setting to toggle off the grayscale would be useful as well, though it makes things more complicated.
I generally think having toggles is good design, as long as things function well for everybody without needing to use toggles
I notice that I am uncertain how to interpret the “hearts” on this comment. Do they mean that people have empathy for my feeling or that they “love” this comment (a la strong upvote) with the meaning that heart reacts have in other places?
I interpreted it as “vibing with this” or “mood”. Feeling a moment of connection with another human being through their words, either because it matches your own experience or because they painted a foreign vista vivid enough to inhabit.
I agree that ❤️ and “empathy” don’t really match with eachother
I think that the heart matching “empathy” makes me think it’s intended to show emotional support for someone, like if I had a post about my dog dying or something. You might not “agree” since there might not be anything factual going on, but it would still be nice to be able to somehow make me know you noticed.