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comment by Cedar
Cedar  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Update: A pre-update PSA

I bloop any comments I feel are contributing positively to the discussion, my concern of de-anonymising this is it could give a false impression of my own views just because I circledotted something I felt needed to be seen but not necessarily supported.

Let's see how this plays out.





mk  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do that as well. I have upvoted quality comments that are in response to less quality comments that I am ideologically more aligned with. I intend to continue to do so.

user-inactivated  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thirded. I think most people will realize that this is the case, that just because you share, it doesn't mean you agree.

An older site I was on had a similar system and it worked just fine, though in some instances it made some circles jerk a bit harder.

mk  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It would be nice if the highest quality comments appeared in the most chatter feeds. I know if someone shares a lot of low quality comments, I'll be more likely to unfollow them.

user-inactivated  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think by the fact that higher quality comments collect more shares regardless, you don't have much to worry about.