I had been against ‘agree/disagree’ buttons but this discussion has convinced me. It is pretty obvious that ‘vote up/vote down’ is being used as ‘agree/disagree’ under the current model, and adding buttons for that as well as an explanation of how to use them (“Never vote up / down a comment on the basis of agreeing or disagreeing”) should fix that problem.
I had been against ‘agree/disagree’ buttons but this discussion has convinced me. It is pretty obvious that ‘vote up/vote down’ is being used as ‘agree/disagree’ under the current model, and adding buttons for that as well as an explanation of how to use them (“Never vote up / down a comment on the basis of agreeing or disagreeing”) should fix that problem.