My current cutoff for what counts as a “social media” site (I have resolved to never use social media again) is “is there a like mechanic where I can see who liked me?” If votes on LW were public, by that rule, I’d have to quit.
Do you mean that the group dynamic itself changes for the worse if likes are visible to those who want to see them, so that it doesn’t matter if there is a setting that makes the likes invisible to you in particular? It’s a tradeoff, some things may get worse, others may get better. I don’t have a clear sense of this tradeoff.
Do you mean that the group dynamic itself changes for the worse if likes are visible to those who want to see them, so that it doesn’t matter if there is a setting that makes the likes invisible to you in particular? It’s a tradeoff, some things may get worse, others may get better. I don’t have a clear sense of this tradeoff.