I often find I have nothing more to say than “I agree with this comment” to someone who has replied to me, which I don’t consider worthy of a comment so I just remain silent. I don’t know how much this gives the false impression that they and I are arguing.
Once or twice I’ve wound up in an exchange where, as far as I can tell, I and my correspondent both held the same position on a subject, but they seemed to think I was disagreeing with them. I think this is especially hazardous in an environment where people pose hypotheticals, counterfactuals and thought experiments as a matter of course.
While conserving the anonymity of the current voting system add an optional third option that allows you to publicly signal agreement with the author.
One can already make their votes on posts public, I wonder why that option isn’t either being removed or extended to include votes on comments?
I guess because it’s possible to just make a comment that says “I agree, and here’s some expansion/clarification/minor disagreement/implications.”
I often find I have nothing more to say than “I agree with this comment” to someone who has replied to me, which I don’t consider worthy of a comment so I just remain silent. I don’t know how much this gives the false impression that they and I are arguing.
Once or twice I’ve wound up in an exchange where, as far as I can tell, I and my correspondent both held the same position on a subject, but they seemed to think I was disagreeing with them. I think this is especially hazardous in an environment where people pose hypotheticals, counterfactuals and thought experiments as a matter of course.
This is a problem I’ve run into sometimes.
I agree