Ice
If you could, how would you personally improve the UX of this site?
đ¤ Adam 99
Maybe a way to like things?
đī¸ Mbladra
I think the #replies might just be a higher effort version of that metric
đ§ Justin
I prefer it without it! One of the reasons I used to like 4chan (10 years ago) in spite of the offensive content and anonymity was that people didn't try to gain the approval of others. I think you end up with more genuine interaction that way, though with 4chan you get a lot more than just that, of course.
đŋ Simohamed
In my experience, that only promotes being obnoxious or controversial to have people reply to you. HN hidden likes are the way to go.
đ Chris Silverman
Agreed. I think the "save" function is really smart, since on Twitter a lot of times, I use "like" more to bookmark something.
Ice
I feel that, but I think one of the core ideas of this site was the lack of popularity scores (likes, followers, shares etc)
đ¤ Adam 99
Yeah I think that's awesome - maybe a different kind of feature that I can use to quickly let the poster know I appreciated their post
â Christopher
I think you are still kind of missing the point. The absence of popularity counters aren't for the sole reason of obfuscating if a person or their post is well received or popular. There's also a culture that this site is trying to attract that is against the detrimental idea of deriving self-esteem and shots of serotonin that's associated with social praise. Our main source of validation should not be coming from strangers on the internet.
đ LÊo
I completely agree with what you're saying, but I still think there should be space for a "reaction" feature. I am thinking something like github, but do not make the counters public
đ¤ David
A platform like this which only shows reply counts is something I'd prefer, similar to some of the early php boards where you knew who was active based on post count
â Christopher
I agree, I think features like reply counts would be useful to identify active users and discussions without explicitly showing bias.
Daedalus
won't a "like" feature kinda introduce public pressure?
đŋ Simohamed
Yes. HN-style where only OP gets to see the amount of likes. It's a good way to acknowledge people's replies.
đ Yt L.
One downside to not having a like feature is that it's an inducement to making "Good point" style comments that are otherwise communicated with "like".
Mihail
it's awesome as it is. forces you to actually read the threads and respond. like a normal conversation.
đ Bill
Very true instead of focusing on massively upvoted content by others you get to determine for yourself
đ LÊo
To be fair people don't always respond with words in an actual conversation. There is a lot that you can say with facial expressions and gestures.
đ Yt L.
I guess you could reply with emojis.
đ¤ Adam 99
Totally get the downsides of likes, but it's a good way to gauge the quality of a post (up/downvotes serve the same purpose). I think some way of crowdsourcing a quality measurement would be helpful