Re:Ask HN: Anonymous vs. non-anonymous feedback? Which is be...
by austincheney on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:33PM
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My learning from Reddit:
* Any comment at all is probably far too much effort, as confirmed by comments when behavior was criticized, especially if the substance of that comment isn’t already stated.
* Down vote is just the right amount of effort, like Goldilocks.
* Up votes are also a tremendous effort like fighting a crushing gravity.
* Up votes suddenly become easier with social validation. The more popular an idea appears, up votes per minute, the more irresistible the up vote button becomes like a black hole gravity well.
* Any comment at all is probably far too much effort, as confirmed by comments when behavior was criticized, especially if the substance of that comment isn’t already stated.
* Down vote is just the right amount of effort, like Goldilocks.
* Up votes are also a tremendous effort like fighting a crushing gravity.
* Up votes suddenly become easier with social validation. The more popular an idea appears, up votes per minute, the more irresistible the up vote button becomes like a black hole gravity well.