Roger McNamee says the 'like' button was 'beginning of the end'

Re:Roger McNamee says the 'like' button was 'beginning of th... by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:19PM (#19100084)

I think you'd end up with a lot of

"+1 funny" "-1 Reeee"

stuff, and that'd just add noise to the thread, but not add to the discussion.

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Re:Roger McNamee says the 'like' button was 'beginning of th... by jessriedel on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:06PM (#19100581)

I agree, but that applies just as well to downvotes. I don't have good ideas how to run a required-comment-to-vote system, I just don't see the asymmetry between up and down.

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Re:Roger McNamee says the 'like' button was 'beginning of th... by microcolonel on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @09:17PM (#19102353)

Maybe I wasn't clear in saying that I don't think it should be necessary to comment in order to downvote, but I think it should be required to upvote a reply in order to downvote (or make your own reply).

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