I didn’t disagreement-karma your comment, but do want to note that I think it would likely help to at least partially solve the problem.
E.g. (Largely due to your original comment, but also in part due to feeling similarly to you independently first) I strong-downvoted the OP despite strongly agreeing with it and feeling very grateful to John for doing such a thorough job dealing with and responding to Torres and bad journalism related to EA.
I don’t always downvote in cases like this—I usuually just abstain from voting—but if there was an agreement button on posts I think I’d be a lot more willing to downvote posts that I think should get less attention (despite my agreement with them, their high writing quality, etc).
I’d like this for the sake of my own posts as well. That is, it has sometimes been the case that I’ve been averse to posting things due to not wanting to take up EA’s time/attention with unimportant things. Giving others an additional way to leave me positive feedback (agreement karma) without having to upvote my post would be nice. As an author it would also help me feel better about my content getting downvoted or having low karma.
Actually that’s a fair point, I somewhat retract my above comment.
I think that in general, if I agree vote a comment I also up vote it. But I do vibe with the idea that I’d be more comfortable downvoting posts like this if I could also agree vote.
I didn’t disagreement-karma your comment, but do want to note that I think it would likely help to at least partially solve the problem.
E.g. (Largely due to your original comment, but also in part due to feeling similarly to you independently first) I strong-downvoted the OP despite strongly agreeing with it and feeling very grateful to John for doing such a thorough job dealing with and responding to Torres and bad journalism related to EA.
I don’t always downvote in cases like this—I usuually just abstain from voting—but if there was an agreement button on posts I think I’d be a lot more willing to downvote posts that I think should get less attention (despite my agreement with them, their high writing quality, etc).
I’d like this for the sake of my own posts as well. That is, it has sometimes been the case that I’ve been averse to posting things due to not wanting to take up EA’s time/attention with unimportant things. Giving others an additional way to leave me positive feedback (agreement karma) without having to upvote my post would be nice. As an author it would also help me feel better about my content getting downvoted or having low karma.
Actually that’s a fair point, I somewhat retract my above comment.
I think that in general, if I agree vote a comment I also up vote it. But I do vibe with the idea that I’d be more comfortable downvoting posts like this if I could also agree vote.