When announced, the function of the agree/disagree axis was somewhat generically stated as “whether you agree with the contents of the comment.” That’s broader than just the truth value of the explicitly stated propositions.
For a post that announces an organizational decision, using the axis to communicate agreement/disagreement with the decision being communicated strikes me as an appropriate use. Such posts uinclude an implied claim that on net, this is a good decision. Otherwise, the axis has no value for a post like this.
(I have no votes of any sort on the top-level post.)
I think it’s better to try to keep the upvote/downvote and agree/disagree axis more distinct—to express normative vs positive evaluation. So in this case I would think that downvoting would be the natural way to express disapproval.
I think a downvote-as-disapproval wouldn’t work in this case, I would want to use upvote+disagree to express “this is an important change that the community should know about, but I disagree with the decision”. A downvote de facto communicates “I don’t want people to read this post”.
When announced, the function of the agree/disagree axis was somewhat generically stated as “whether you agree with the contents of the comment.” That’s broader than just the truth value of the explicitly stated propositions.
For a post that announces an organizational decision, using the axis to communicate agreement/disagreement with the decision being communicated strikes me as an appropriate use. Such posts uinclude an implied claim that on net, this is a good decision. Otherwise, the axis has no value for a post like this.
(I have no votes of any sort on the top-level post.)
I think it’s better to try to keep the upvote/downvote and agree/disagree axis more distinct—to express normative vs positive evaluation. So in this case I would think that downvoting would be the natural way to express disapproval.
I think a downvote-as-disapproval wouldn’t work in this case, I would want to use upvote+disagree to express “this is an important change that the community should know about, but I disagree with the decision”. A downvote de facto communicates “I don’t want people to read this post”.