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Q&A Comments improvements to indicate assent or dissent with previously posted comments

I support the me-too feature, as it saves people from repeating existing comments (and others from reading them). I don't think we should have up- and downvotes on comments, as they don't necessari...

posted 4y ago by msh210‭  ·  edited 4y ago by msh210‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar msh210‭ · 2020-09-08T22:59:31Z (about 4 years ago)
  • I support the me-too feature, as it saves people from repeating existing comments (and others from reading them).
  • I don't think we should have up- and downvotes on comments, as they don't necessarily indicate assent and dissent (respectively): they may, for example, indicate that someone thinks the comment was funny. Thus, they serve no practical purpose. (I'm basing this on SE, where comments got votes up for many reasons besides assent. Having downvotes will perhaps temper that, but probably not entirely.) I would even propose no votes on _posts_, except that we need them for readers' sake; but comments barely serve that purpose. (This all depends, of course, on what comments are for, so should be taken with a grain of salt. Cf. https://meta.codidact.com/q/277872#comment-3871<span/>.)
  • **I support the me-too feature**, as it saves people from repeating existing comments (and others from reading them).
  • **I don't think we should have up- and downvotes on comments**, as they don't necessarily indicate assent and dissent (respectively): they may, for example, indicate that someone thinks the comment was funny. Thus, they serve no practical purpose. (I'm basing this on SE, where comments got votes up for many reasons besides assent. Having downvotes will perhaps temper that, but probably not entirely.) I would even propose no votes on _posts_, except that we need them for readers' sake; but comments barely serve that purpose. (This all depends, of course, on what comments are for, so should be taken with a grain of salt. Cf. https://meta.codidact.com/q/277872#comment-3871<span/>.)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar msh210‭ · 2020-09-08T22:59:14Z (about 4 years ago)
I support the me-too feature, as it saves people from repeating existing comments (and others from reading them).

I don't think we should have up- and downvotes on comments, as they don't necessarily indicate assent and dissent (respectively): they may, for example, indicate that someone thinks the comment was funny. Thus, they serve no practical purpose. (I'm basing this on SE, where comments got votes up for many reasons besides assent. Having downvotes will perhaps temper that, but probably not entirely.) I would even propose no votes on _posts_, except that we need them for readers' sake; but comments barely serve that purpose. (This all depends, of course, on what comments are for, so should be taken with a grain of salt. Cf. https://meta.codidact.com/q/277872#comment-3871<span/>.)