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Comments on Potentially misleading plus symbol with "follow new" link

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Potentially misleading plus symbol with "follow new" link

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I like the new "follow new" feature that allows being notified of any new comment threads on a post. However, I think that using a plus symbol (+) next to it could be confusing, as this is often associated with adding a new comment, rather than being notified of new comments.

"follow new" link with accompanying "+" symbol

I'd expect this to be particularly confusing since the + is right next to the button to add a new comment thread, so someone wanting to add a comment will be looking there already, and see a + and maybe click on it without reading the label.

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posted about 2 years ago
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+ means there is hidden subordinate information. (2 comments)
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Some ideas:

Two buttons. Primary "Start new comment thread" outlined blue, secondary "Follow new comment threads" outlined gray".

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Same as previous, but the primary now has a plus icon and the secondary a bell icon

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Current design but with the plus icon changed to a bell

posted about 2 years ago
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Option 2 looks good (4 comments)
Option 2 looks good
trichoplax‭ wrote about 2 years ago
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My personal preference would be the second, with an icon for both buttons.

Would you be interested in separate voting on each idea, by posting them in separate answers?

ArtOfCode‭ wrote about 2 years ago
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More just looking for a general opinion. I was leaning towards option 1 or 2 as well - the current design is a bit odd with similar things in separate places, one link and one button - option 1/2 unifies it a bit.

trichoplax‭ wrote about 2 years ago
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I like the unified look. I definitely prefer it with icons - makes it more immediately intuitive. I wonder if it would help to omit the word "Start" to reduce reading time without losing clarity.

Monica Cellio‭ wrote about 2 years ago
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I like the unified look, and I agree the icons make it easier to spot at a glance.