I voted against this because * there seems to be much confusion as to what it is and and what it's for * the negatives seem to outweigh the positives
The positive aspect of this is to make it easier for people to give feedback when they otherwise would not have (whether due to shyness, not enough time, blank mind etc). A secondary positive could be to "rate" posts or comments for those coming across the post later.
The negative aspects are * difficulty in interpreting what clicking on the button actually *means* * possibly discouraging people from making comments when they otherwise might have - even a one-word comment is more personal than a number in a counter * "rating" posts could result in hurt feelings
I think the best suggestion so far has been the idea of a "mini poll" in which the content is completely defined by the poster - but I think that it's so far removed from the original suggestion that it deserves a separate suggestion post of its own.
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* there seems to be much confusion as to what it is and and what it's for
* the negatives seem to outweigh the positives
The positive aspect of this is to make it easier for people to give feedback when they otherwise would not have (whether due to shyness, not enough time, blank mind etc).
A secondary positive could be to "rate" posts or comments for those coming across the post later.
The negative aspects are
* difficulty in interpreting what clicking on the button actually *means*
* possibly discouraging people from making comments when they otherwise might have - even a one-word comment is more personal than a number in a counter
* "rating" posts could result in hurt feelings
I think the best suggestion so far has been the idea of a "mini poll" in which the content is completely defined by the poster - but I think that it's so far removed from the original suggestion that it deserves a separate suggestion post of its own.