Just to make a point on this comment related to how the forum works, it looks like people don’t like it on net, but there may be a substantial minority interested in animal welfare considerations who find it helpful (I count myself here), and therefore it would be valuable for these people. But currently it’s automatically hidden as if it’s spam-like and not worth reading for anyone. This seems suboptimal, and perhaps a more strict bar for hiding comments should be set. Comments with low scores are sent to the bottom of the page anyway, so it’s unlikely to be that bothersome.
It may also be valuable for people to be able to see the numbers of upvotes and downvotes separately, so they can see if there’s a minority of readers who appreciate their comments vs getting pure downvotes, which give different messages in terms of feedback.
Given the current forum workings, it seems like people should be cautious about downvoting comments where a substantial minority of others may disagree and think it’s a useful point and wouldn’t want it hidden (and use disagree voting to indicate difference of judgement).
Just to make a point on this comment related to how the forum works, it looks like people don’t like it on net, but there may be a substantial minority interested in animal welfare considerations who find it helpful (I count myself here), and therefore it would be valuable for these people. But currently it’s automatically hidden as if it’s spam-like and not worth reading for anyone. This seems suboptimal, and perhaps a more strict bar for hiding comments should be set. Comments with low scores are sent to the bottom of the page anyway, so it’s unlikely to be that bothersome.
It may also be valuable for people to be able to see the numbers of upvotes and downvotes separately, so they can see if there’s a minority of readers who appreciate their comments vs getting pure downvotes, which give different messages in terms of feedback.
Given the current forum workings, it seems like people should be cautious about downvoting comments where a substantial minority of others may disagree and think it’s a useful point and wouldn’t want it hidden (and use disagree voting to indicate difference of judgement).