Re:Issue and Pull Request templates
by michaelmior on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:05PM
(#11120831)
I agree that starring or voting seems to add more weight than the current subscribe mechanism. However, I think if the presentation of the subscribe UI and the subscriber information is changed, this is a solvable problem.
A concerned user will feel like they are adding more weight by "starring" it (or "voting" / "+1"ing it) than "subscribing" to it. Even if they really mean the same thing, ie adding to a counter and notifying on updates.
(And I doubt it's a good idea to separate these functions, even if some people will protest they have a corner case where they would want to do one but not the other. It adds unnecessary complication.)