“High quality” / “Low quality” has good brevity, but for myself I’m still tempted to blend in agreement/disagreement with my ratings when I picture those words—to regard comments I disagree with as “low quality”. If we could have the question “Does this add to or subtract from the conversation?” surrounded by up/down arrows (or by “adds” / “subtracts”), I imagine myself voting better.
For example, I just up-voted James Andrix’s and Kurige’s comments about their religious beliefs.
I up-voted the comments because they’re good data, I’m glad the commenters shared it, and it looks like stuff more eyes should look at within the thread. But I hesitated, because “up-voting” gives the appearance of agreement. Rating Kurige’s comment “high quality” feels a bit similar, like calling it “high quality reasoning”. But clicking up-arrow next to the question “Does this add to the conversation?” would feel obvious, to me in this case.
I completely agree about the word “vote”.
“High quality” / “Low quality” has good brevity, but for myself I’m still tempted to blend in agreement/disagreement with my ratings when I picture those words—to regard comments I disagree with as “low quality”. If we could have the question “Does this add to or subtract from the conversation?” surrounded by up/down arrows (or by “adds” / “subtracts”), I imagine myself voting better.
For example, I just up-voted James Andrix’s and Kurige’s comments about their religious beliefs.
I up-voted the comments because they’re good data, I’m glad the commenters shared it, and it looks like stuff more eyes should look at within the thread. But I hesitated, because “up-voting” gives the appearance of agreement. Rating Kurige’s comment “high quality” feels a bit similar, like calling it “high quality reasoning”. But clicking up-arrow next to the question “Does this add to the conversation?” would feel obvious, to me in this case.