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OftenBen  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: PSA: Testing share counts.

    Also we don't downvote

Corollary 1. A circle dot is not an up vote.





Quatrarius  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

no of course not it's just a button you click next to a post to show approval that ticks up a meter to the left (which also changes the meter's color) which then makes the post more visible

mk  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To the clockwise.

OftenBen  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not approval. Visibility is not approval.

user-inactivated  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Isn't it? Why would people make visible something they don't approve of?

OftenBen  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To make it debated more widely. Make people take a stand.

user-inactivated  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It seems to me that the debate would arise such sharing notwithstanding, since the approving would be done by the supporters, and the non-supporters/neutrals would comment/observe without clicking the hubcicle.

Do you often click the thing with the intent to spur conversation around the comment/post?

lil  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

sometimes even shared Ironically.

veen  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That doesn't have to be the case. I have at times shared posts and comments that I thought were worth discussion, even though I disagreed with its argument / point.

mk  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Everyone should strive to do this as much as possible. Making the hubwheel an 'agreement meter' diminishes it's potential.

user-inactivated  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Making the hubwheel an 'agreement meter' diminishes it's potential.

What do you foresee it as?