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I'm not sure if the graying out is the best approach. However, in real life, people may look at you funny, and if they do, others will notice this. Tangentiall
by dwaltrip 6y ago
I'm not sure if the graying out is the best approach. However, in real life, people may look at you funny, and if they do, others will notice this.
Tangentially, the lack of body language feedback is a major reason people are such assholes online. It doesn't exactly feel like you are talking to a real person and you aren't getting realtime feedback, so it is harder to adjust to the other person or even just treat them reasonably.
- the_af 6y agoAgreed. I find downvote visual cues such as the graying out a bit like laugh tracks in sitcoms. On their own, some people will find the jokes funny, some find them distasteful or unfunny -- add a laugh track and you're telling people how they must feel. Downvotes are a lot like that: "people find this comment distasteful, what are you going to do about that?".