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instead of - Absolutely not! Showing separate + and - votes is a good thing. Or as they say, that's not a bug, it's a feature. If you want to show the score (whether integer net score or Wilson # o...
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#2: Post edited
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manassehkatz
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2020-07-14T19:40:06Z (over 4 years ago)
- **instead of** - Absolutely not!
- Showing separate + and - votes is a good thing. Or as they say, *that's not a bug, it's a feature*.
If you want to show the score (whether integer net score or Wilson # or whatever) **in addition to** the + and - values, that's fine with me. But the + and - values are themselves very useful, and anyone who wants a simple net score can easily figure that out.
- **instead of** - Absolutely not!
- Showing separate + and - votes is a good thing. Or as they say, *that's not a bug, it's a feature*.
- If you want to show the score (whether integer net score or Wilson # or whatever) **in addition to** the + and - values, that's fine with me. But the + and - values are themselves very useful, and anyone who wants a simple net score can easily figure that out.
- To answer the "redundant" part, how about always showing the non-zero parts. Examples:
- * +2, -1 - show both (as now)
- * +2, -0 - show: **+2** (-0 is implied)
- * +0, -1 - show: **-1** (+0 is implied)
- * +0, -0 - show either: **0** (unsigned, single value) or some "No votes yet" indication.
- That cuts down on the clutter for the (hopefully common) situation where a post is all + or all -, while keeping things 100% clear when there is a mixture.
#1: Initial revision
by
manassehkatz
·
2020-07-14T19:20:44Z (over 4 years ago)
**instead of** - Absolutely not! Showing separate + and - votes is a good thing. Or as they say, *that's not a bug, it's a feature*. If you want to show the score (whether integer net score or Wilson # or whatever) **in addition to** the + and - values, that's fine with me. But the + and - values are themselves very useful, and anyone who wants a simple net score can easily figure that out.