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

Discussion in 'That's So Meta!' started by seebs, Mar 31, 2017.

  1. Aqua Vitae

    Aqua Vitae put some honey and sea water by your bed.

    I don't make this decision and I'm unsure why you're quoting my post asking for the exact opposite.

    Three buttons is less than seven????????
     
  2. Codeless

    Codeless Cheshire Cat

    Because my response pertains to the thing you said.

    If we have witness, like, and agree, we have three buttons. If we have witness, like, agree, and relatable, we have four. If we make a mashup we have three again. I´d prefer three buttons sans any mashups because mashups are a nightmare.
     
  3. palindromordnilap

    palindromordnilap Well-Known Member

    No need for a mashup, just make it "Yes".
     
  4. coldstars

    coldstars get Jazzy on it

    Ah, and we'll lose all the funny/informative/winner ratings and subsequent jokes made thus far? Alas...the ephemeral nature of Internet life :')
     
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  5. spockandawe

    spockandawe soft and woolen and writhing with curiosity

    But think of the confusing layers of archaeology any intrepid new explorers can dig back through, with no current information to give context to the jokes people are making in these other threads
     
    • Like x 8
  6. Codeless

    Codeless Cheshire Cat

    @spockandawe
    I just realized a communication failure here I think. So to rectify that:
    I realize and appreciate that mashups were intended as a compromise. It is unfortunate but not your fault that for me the compromise would actually be worse than doing things your way entirely. Just competing needs sucking.
     
    • Like x 2
  7. seebs

    seebs Benevolent Dictator

    I think "agree" and "relatable" are pretty different. I mean, it's not quite in the territory of "please bear my children or impregnate me/please die in a fire" being presented as a single button, but they're definitely different kinds of things, I think? Like, if someone says "I feel worthless", consider the massive gap between "agree" and "relatable".
     
    • Agree x 12
    • Informative x 1
  8. devian

    devian Well-Known Member

    if you can adjust the ratings based on subforum, clearly you should just add a "seebs no" button for TSM in particular.

    [/joke]
     
    • Like x 2
    • Agree x 2
  9. Aqua Vitae

    Aqua Vitae put some honey and sea water by your bed.

    Yes. So different I figured context would inform.
     
    • Agree x 2
  10. IvyLB

    IvyLB Hardcore Vigilante Gay Chicken Facilitator

    It might if everyone involved is in the right state of mind but I think there's sufficient potential to kickstart unfun spirals by somone hitting the Agree button on something selfloathing in, say, a vent thread when they meant a perfectly innocent #relatable, that I think it might be a bad idea to join these two into a single button?
     
    • Agree x 6
    • Like x 2
    • Useful x 1
  11. Ipuntya

    Ipuntya return of eggplant

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    really, @anonymous ?
     
  12. Aqua Vitae

    Aqua Vitae put some honey and sea water by your bed.

    Probably. But I find it important to have both and I do not see any other compromise.
     
  13. palindromordnilap

    palindromordnilap Well-Known Member

  14. Codeless

    Codeless Cheshire Cat

    Another button.
    I personally don't care about having a relatable button so you´l have to argue that on your own, but potentially triggering someone with a mashup button and making both terms unusable for people is not a compromise.
     
    • Agree x 3
  15. seebs

    seebs Benevolent Dictator

    Okay, so the question was "why not just have more than one button" and I think the answer is "because ensuing conflict".

    I'm not sure how to address this. The two that seem most crucial are "Like" and "Witnessed", and specifically those two because the second eliminates a confusing use of the first. All the others are at least somewhat optional; we were at least basically doing okay without a way to express them just by pushing a button.
     
    • Agree x 3
  16. Technicality

    Technicality All's fair in love and shitposting

    Alert: Hugs has disappeared from the possible ratings.
     
    • Informative x 2
    • Witnessed x 1
  17. seebs

    seebs Benevolent Dictator

    Also, "Hugs" and "Funny" are gone. Because they are both clearly particularly subject to people being upset by them, whether intentionally or otherwise.
     
    • Like x 3
    • Useful x 3
  18. Codeless

    Codeless Cheshire Cat

    Find Agree useful because I can differentiate "I have seen this post" from "I like or witness this post" Everything else I can live without.
     
    • Agree x 5
  19. Aqua Vitae

    Aqua Vitae put some honey and sea water by your bed.

    I thought only three buttons was acceptable to you.
     
    • Like x 1
  20. Codeless

    Codeless Cheshire Cat

    It is. I would find Agree WITHOUT a completely different meaning mushed on, Like, and Witness acceptable. I do not find a mashup button acceptable. I would also find adding a relatable button acceptable, but others would not.
     
    • Agree x 1
    • Informative x 1
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