I’m in favor. Mostly because it seems mildly useful, not because there are very big upsides outweighing big downsides. I don’t really see what the downsides would be.
Perhaps the main downside is people may overuse the feature and it encourages people to spend time making small comments, whereas the current system nudges people towards leaving fewer more substantive comments and less nit-picky ones? Not sure if this has been an issue on LW, I don’t read it as much.
I’m in favor. Mostly because it seems mildly useful, not because there are very big upsides outweighing big downsides. I don’t really see what the downsides would be.
Perhaps the main downside is people may overuse the feature and it encourages people to spend time making small comments, whereas the current system nudges people towards leaving fewer more substantive comments and less nit-picky ones? Not sure if this has been an issue on LW, I don’t read it as much.