Normal_Anomaly comments on Agreement button - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Dr_Manhattan 04 February 2011 02:04PM

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 04 February 2011 02:19:04PM 1 point [-]

Can you provide some more detail and/or an example? I don't quite get what you're talking about.

Comment author: XiXiDu 04 February 2011 02:45:23PM 5 points [-]

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?

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 04 February 2011 02:59:53PM 3 points [-]

I guess because it's possible to just make a comment that says "I agree, and here's some expansion/clarification/minor disagreement/implications."

Comment author: benelliott 04 February 2011 03:41:04PM *  8 points [-]

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.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 04 February 2011 09:25:16PM 2 points [-]

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.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 04 February 2011 08:45:12PM 1 point [-]

This is a problem I've run into sometimes.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 04 February 2011 04:05:13PM 2 points [-]

I agree