Anonymous endorsements are very different from non-anonymous endorsements, so it makes sense to leave a comment if you want people to have the additional information that you specifically liked it.
In addition to Habryka’s point, there’s also granularity and signal strength:
A one-dimensional upvote is a lot less informative than specific feedback regarding why/how you liked it.
Receiving detailed feedback that someone took the time to write out and which shows clear engagement with your content feels a lot better than just seeing a number go up. (Notably, for me at least, detailed negative feedback, even if quite impolite, also feels better than just seeing a number go down for reasons you may not understand and not know how to fix.)
>Strongly upvoted. Great post. […] would love to read more like it.
I think this is what the upvote button is for.
>I disagree
If you’re not going to offer details this seems like it would have been better as an agree/disagree reaction.
Anonymous endorsements are very different from non-anonymous endorsements, so it makes sense to leave a comment if you want people to have the additional information that you specifically liked it.
In addition to Habryka’s point, there’s also granularity and signal strength:
A one-dimensional upvote is a lot less informative than specific feedback regarding why/how you liked it.
Receiving detailed feedback that someone took the time to write out and which shows clear engagement with your content feels a lot better than just seeing a number go up. (Notably, for me at least, detailed negative feedback, even if quite impolite, also feels better than just seeing a number go down for reasons you may not understand and not know how to fix.)
Were you maybe thinking of a different comment than the one I replied to? These don’t seem to be present.