Still unconvinced that karma/favorite/like systems add anything of value to websites.
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient They provide incentives for posting material that gets liked (which has ups and downs)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@CurlOfGradient liking/faving on FB/Twitter also provide ways of simply indicating that you got the message w/o continuing the convo2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@The_Lagrangian Maybe we should add separate buttons for "like in passing" and "actually good content". Adding more options always works /s.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient I think Twitter basically does that with RT1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@CurlOfGradient although maybe the quality differential is too high b/w fav and RT?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@The_Lagrangian That's actually a really good point, I tend to only retweet really top-tier things but I favorite liberally.
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