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codesections on July 22, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote but...

> The problem is, is supposedly, upvote = adds to the conversation, downvote = detracts from conversation.

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> In reality, upvote = I agree, downvote = I disagree.

Maybe Twitter should go all the way back to the Slashdot model, and let people vote up and down on "insightful", "funny", "normal", "offtopic", "redundant", "interesting", or "troll", etc.

Majestic121 on July 22, 2021 [–]

It might be too complicated, but maybe a 4 directions vote ?

Up/Down : Agree/Disagree Left/Right : Makes the discussion go backward/forward

This way you could express disagreement while acknowledging that the point is interesting, or like a joke without having it drown a conversation

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