đĨ Mr
This website makes me realize that I've been trained to "reward" others for posting online. I feel an uncontrollable urge to "upvote" or "like" comments but quickly realize the button isn't available.
đŠ Niklas
I feel the same, but that limitation actually got me to reply to one of your comments and while typing "I really like your perspective", I noticed I could also throw in my own and a follow-up question as well. So I think I prefer replies over simple binary likes.
đ¨ī¸ Fui
^ upvoted.
âī¸ Geoff
Definitely a feature that it's missing
đ Zero Two
same. I also use the like/upvote button to show I seen your reply/message.
đ Sly
I think it's a nice missing feature, it forces you to share your opinion instead of lurking and reacting with buttons.
âī¸ Zadjii
Not including this functionality is honestly a really neat stand-out feature of this site IMO. Even HackerNews has up/down votes for posts. I'm curious how this will affect the dynamic of this site - hopefully garbage comments like "+1" won't become the norm.
â¨ī¸ Joseph
I think I have posted more comments on this site in 2 days than I have posted on Reddit in two years.
Dan Heath
This. Perhaps mass social media is missing out on the fact that simple positive or negative nods is a bit 1984. It feels more rewarding to acknowledge something by discussion. Imagine if in real life everyone just put their thumbs up when someone told a joke?
đ Yt L.
I feel that urge too. There are a lot of posts I'd like here, but what I find off is that I only rarely like or upvote other on other social media. There's a positive energy here that's infectious, I feel.
đ¤ David
It's an odd feeling, isn't it? Perhaps the real reward stems from participation and free-flowing discussions that are motivated by our interest in the topic and conversations rather than attention-seeking behavior :)
đ§ Martin
It really is. I also have this urge, and it feels almost impolite to not respond in some way (be it with a like, upvote, etc.) to a comment simply because I have nothing to add. I'm enjoying that Subreply is different enough to challenge something that's now almost a constant across almost all other forms of social media I can think of.
đ LÊo
I think that's a reflection of conversational (i.e., talking) communication. A lot of conversation depends on non-verbal cues, such as a head nod or a "mm-hmm". Its totally a cultural thing that was translated to the "like" button in the web. It feels odd when we don't have a way of doing that. It's like we've gone all the way back to sending letters.
đĨ Mr
I like the word choice here - Even when I don't want to add something significant to the conversation, I may want to say "I agree" aka "I like this" and it feels impolite to leave the conversation hanging. Liking a comment in some ways is like saying "yes, I hear you." otherwise you may feel that your input was lost to the void.
đ John J.
Are you all Canadian? ;-) Seriously, I very much identify with all this. Even when it's awkward -- e.g., using hearts for this ack/nod -- it's still far more comfortable than leaving it all to the void. :-)
đĨ Mr
I'm not, but I think we all want to be acknowledged, and to acknowledge the efforts of others. "I hear you" may be more valuable than the content of the message. Theres nothing worse than indifference.
đ Jesus Christ
yes a little agreement and outreach goes a long way to building community