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I agree, invisible comment scores add noise, because if I read something I agree strongly with I feel compelled to show my approval. In the old days clicking th

by hugh3 15y ago

I agree, invisible comment scores add noise, because if I read something I agree strongly with I feel compelled to show my approval. In the old days clicking the up-arrow would show a suitable quantum of approval, but nowadays I sometimes feel compelled to add a comment which just says "I agree" and perhaps adds some minor extra point. While typing this comment it occurred to me that this comment falls into that very category. Whoops.

_delirium 15y ago
Going even further and showing the actual voters, in addition to the score (like kuro5hin does) can also sometimes remove the need to post. I especially miss it here at the end of an exchange, where I want to say something like "good point" or "well I still disagree but your argument is a good one". On k5, I'd just vote "3" on that comment, which they would then be able to see I upvoted. Here it feels like I need to post an acknowledgement, or else it feels like I've rudely just ignored a good criticism or went off in a huff, because there's no silent way to signal that I'm breaking off the conversation amicably. I also find it useful as a way of recognizing names. If a comment of mine gets 10 upvotes here, I know that some amphormous subset of readers liked my comment, but I don't build any recognition of who.
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago
  I'm not sure I care about the voters per se but perhaps about the filtering ability that one gets by taking extra note of recognised voters. I think that I'd prefer to be able to, say, give a bonus to votes by people who I've also upvoted ... the more I think about it the more I'm thinking how good slashdot's voting system is, OK I wouldn't adopt it wholesale but it's vastly superior to what we have here now I think. Is there any reason I can't have something vote numbers and vote inflation whilst others have only flagging with no vote scores?

by hugh3 15y ago

_delirium 15y ago

Going even further and showing the actual voters, in addition to the score (like kuro5hin does) can also sometimes remove the need to post. I especially miss it here at the end of an exchange, where I want to say something like "good point" or "well I still disagree but your argument is a good one". On k5, I'd just vote "3" on that comment, which they would then be able to see I upvoted. Here it feels like I need to post an acknowledgement, or else it feels like I've rudely just ignored a good criticism or went off in a huff, because there's no silent way to signal that I'm breaking off the conversation amicably. I also find it useful as a way of recognizing names. If a comment of mine gets 10 upvotes here, I know that some amphormous subset of readers liked my comment, but I don't build any recognition of who.

pbhjpbhj 15y ago
I'm not sure I care about the voters per se but perhaps about the filtering ability that one gets by taking extra note of recognised voters. I think that I'd prefer to be able to, say, give a bonus to votes by people who I've also upvoted ... the more I think about it the more I'm thinking how good slashdot's voting system is, OK I wouldn't adopt it wholesale but it's vastly superior to what we have here now I think. Is there any reason I can't have something vote numbers and vote inflation whilst others have only flagging with no vote scores?