Thank you for the link. That mockup is in some ways very close to my suggestion, which is exciting, but in some ways importantly different.
Less confidently, I feel iffy about having votes along these additional axes be public. I can see arguments for it (I think I’d feel better about being publicly downvoted for unclarity than for mystery reasons) but I’d also worry that it could make the intimidation effects worse for some (perhaps many) authors. That feels like an empirical question, though, and I wouldn’t be super surprised to be wrong.
More confidently, I would absolutely hate it if the Forum started letting people post emoji reactions on posts. I really don’t want the Forum to be more like Slack or Facebook in that way, and I think it would singlehandedly reduce my interest in posting on the Forum by >40%. This especially applies in cases where users can post custom reactions, but even if the reactions are pre-set I think it’s pretty bad.
You might be interested in providing feedback on this mockup from LW (which the EA Forum might implement, if they develop it)
I forgot to respond to this!
Thank you for the link. That mockup is in some ways very close to my suggestion, which is exciting, but in some ways importantly different.
Less confidently, I feel iffy about having votes along these additional axes be public. I can see arguments for it (I think I’d feel better about being publicly downvoted for unclarity than for mystery reasons) but I’d also worry that it could make the intimidation effects worse for some (perhaps many) authors. That feels like an empirical question, though, and I wouldn’t be super surprised to be wrong.
More confidently, I would absolutely hate it if the Forum started letting people post emoji reactions on posts. I really don’t want the Forum to be more like Slack or Facebook in that way, and I think it would singlehandedly reduce my interest in posting on the Forum by >40%. This especially applies in cases where users can post custom reactions, but even if the reactions are pre-set I think it’s pretty bad.
Thanks! That’s helpful