Rating System (was: what even are social noises round N+1)

Either that's new or I just totally missed it, ahaha. But yes, that is better, and I got a notif for Codeless reacting to my post too.

 

i think a lot of these reactions can overlap with each other but we can only chose one..... for example, i can enjoy a post because it is informative also useful to me. im anxious over being only able to choose One Reaction

 

Was the list button there before? //doesn't remember

I like (hurr hurr) the new options but I feel like there are... too many? But "more than three" is "many" for me. XD
Like a disc world troll.

Is there a meaningful distinction between informative and useful? I feel like informative would be a subset of useful.

 

Yeah, I think useful and informative are the same thing, we don't need both.

 

i also feel like all the positive ones (i.e. like, agree, funny, winner, and potentially useful/informative as well) can all just be...a like. i definitely support a hugs and/or witnessed button, but the rest seem kinda....extraneous to me?like, informative and useful could definitely be just one button.

 

I like having options.

 

a normal "like" generally conveys a positive reaction, i think was the issue before, so having a "i feel u" button is definitely good; no one really quibbled about whether a like meant that they agree or whether it was informative or whether it was funny or...

it was just a yes, i like this :P

 

I like having more options for specificity, though. When people are successful and post about it I can now hit that MF Winner button and I think that's beautiful.

 

I'm still not sure what 'Winner' is tbh >_>

 

A button for you to be a smartass with obviously. Smartass. :P

 

There's also this. Very important, can't lose it.

 

I noticed that with the new system you can't see who liked something unless it's your post, only the number. Is that going to be changed at all?

 

i like options but for me the current number of options are confusing

 

I can find something informative without finding it useful. I can agree with something without liking it. I primarily engage with posts through the like button so having more options means I will feel more comfortable interacting with more posts, so I don't really want to lose any of the options.

 

Try clicking the List button at the end of the reactions, it should show you who reacted how.

 

Ah, there we go.

 

I don't know if this is a change made since your post, but if I click "list" on other people's posts I can see who reacted in various ways, not just the number.

Edit: Way ninja'd.

 

conversly the number of options are intimidating and confusing to me and i am now very uncomfortable with using the like/react system

 

I like the distinction between "like", "agree", and "funny" (although I won't dispute that I got by fine without them as well), but I agree that having both "informative" and "useful" doesn't really seem necessary, and I have no idea what "winner" adds that couldn't be conveyed more simply with one of the other options. Maybe others are getting different things out of them than I am or have different priorities though; I can only speak for myself. Fwiw, my leaning would be to combine "informative"/"useful" and get rid of "winner"; I think the rest are good.

 

Competing access needs are the very worst.