It encourages dialogue for the sake of dialogue. There is literally no concept of a ratio on cohost. So there's no dunking for points. No cheap spite based dopamine infusion. It's part of the design that's fostering good faith discussion here, and I love that.
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in reply to @IkomaTanomori's post:
Another thing is that it can discourage the courtesy/compulsory like, that showed that someone saw your post. Replies mean so much more here if someone responds to your post, because it means you hit on something, or gave them an idea they want to expand on, or disagree with and can say it in more than 240 characters.
I have had multiple friendly and educational disagreements since coming to cohost. It's phenomenal the difference design makes.
I personally think comment likes but only the person who the comment is directed at can leave them, would be the best compromise. It would be an easy, non-committal way for someone to show they read and appreciated a comment even if there isn't much room for further reply, they aren't feeling up to replying, etc.
Having it so nobody unrelated to the comment can like would still eliminate "dunking for likes," while giving a nice way to tell people you like the cut of their jib.
I've suggested something like a "seen" option. Somethings that's just "Hey, I saw this." Because there are a lot of times I want to show acknowledge, but I don't want to have it in my "Like feed".
Another thing: something I just want to save something to read later. So something I can "tag" a post with would be cool.
See, I like the extra effort involved in making it a conversation. We can normalize actually saying, as a comment on a comment, "I agree" or "I like the way you think even if I don't fully agree" or "that's hilarious" or whatever we actually meant by the like button.
Not everyone always has it in them to make a conversation out of something, especially if it's someone that gets a lot of comments regularly. They can't respond to everyone, but they can easily give people a quick "hey good comment" with a single click.
I know what it's like to be out of spoons. I don't agree with you but I understand why you prefer what you're suggesting.
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