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Dennis HackethalOP revised 6 days ago·#2169
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Veritula should have some way to indicate agreement; some way to indicate that a particular thread of a discussion is resolved, at least for the time being.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2157

If there’s no criticism, that implies agreement.

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Dennis HackethalOP revised 6 days ago·#2188
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Not necessarily. Maybe somebody just forgot to reply or doesn’t know what to say.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2159

How about emoji reactions?

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2160

People could wrongly think they have epistemological relevance. For example, they might adopt an idea that has pending criticism just because it got positive reactions.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2161

Reactions could be limited to the recipient of a comment.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2165

That limits the scope of the problem but doesn’t eliminate it. A single recipient could still react in a distracting way.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 4 days ago·#2243

There could be an explanation somewhere stating that emoji reactions do not have epistemological relevance.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 4 days ago·#2244

Hardly anyone reads those, and many of those who do forget.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2166

Reactions can be ambiguous. It wouldn’t always be clear which part of an idea someone is reacting to.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2167

That only happens if people submit bulk ideas, and people shouldn’t do that anyway.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#2168

But not everyone will always use the platform in an ideal way, and I don’t want to make it easier for issues to compound.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 4 days ago·#2242

Those run the risk of turning Veritula into yet another social network like Reddit or messenger like Telegram.

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