For me flair is probably the most important. I follow a lot of organized sports and being able to quickly identify which team someone supports helps the conversation move along without having to write “as a fan of…” in every single comment. And this isn’t a like talking shit, sports guy thing. It’s genuinely extremely useful for broadening the depth of the conversation.
Also not having to scroll to find the reply box. Super annoying. Super easy fix.
That being said I’m all in on kbin. Deleted Reddit. Not going back.
Downvoting has always been used as an easy disagree button in every platform that has ever had it. Why not stop pretending it means something else and just embrace how it will inevitably be used anyway?
because we are building something new here and we don’t need to keep this “always been used as” policy. it’s up to us to choose how it’s gonna be used in here.
I don’t know if you were on mastodon when the twitter migration happened. the people from twitter embraced the fediverse values, and most didn’t fight to bring the twitter behaviour into it. it’s refreshing for everyone and it can be a safe and welcoming place.
not everything is perfect, far from it, but we can try to make it better.
You completely missed my point. Reddit pretends that downvotes aren’t supposed to be used as an easy disagree button. That pretension is the behavior I want to leave behind. If we’re going to have a downvote button at all, lets acknowledge how it will be used instead of pretending we can change human nature with an FAQ.
thanks for clarifying it then. why not go this direction. but I think that you are wrong to assume how determined the behaviour from users gonna be.
it’s up to us to decide. maybe through UI design choice tho.
I agree with you in principle, but I think the OP might be making a different point, which is that you can’t really convince everyone to use votes in any particular way. Most people will go with their gut intuition, and most people’s gut compels them to vote based on agree/disagree, so that’s the behavior you’re gonna get.
totally. maybe I’m really naive to think that we can all agree to keep “fediverse etiquette” around here. or just any etiquette at all.
we will see.
that being said I really enjoy exchanging about this with everyone involved so far.