Ice
If you could, how would you personally improve the UX of this site?
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đ¤ Adam 99
Maybe a way to like things?
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đī¸ Mbladra
I think the #replies might just be a higher effort version of that metric
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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Daedalus
won't a "like" feature kinda introduce public pressure?
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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
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Mihail
it's awesome as it is. forces you to actually read the threads and respond. like a normal conversation.
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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".
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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.
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