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Familiarity: upvote arrows vs tapping on the votes
It took me a few seconds to realize that tapping on the # of votes would count as an upvote.
The usual arrows would be nice, even Facebook is experimenting with those now.
update: Just realized this suggestion was already raised 4 days ago.
Agreed. The number isn't a very obvious UI mechanism, and arrows give instant visual feedback as to what clicking on it performs. I would recommend an arrow above the number, specifically.
I like clicking the number. One UI element vs two is a good thing in my book. I also don't think an up-arrow gives the right impression as to what the vote is for - the mentality of pushing the things that you like further up is part of the reason why people vote based on opinions which is one of the hardest problems for a discussion platform to solve.
Some more previous discussion related to to this topic here as well: https://tildes.net/~tildes/b1/suggestion_find_a_new_name_for_vote_button
We've been talking about changing the terminology or the UI elements in some ways to try to encourage voting "properly", but I don't think we've really come up with a strong way to do that yet.
Just logged on a little bit ago. Arrows would be more intuitive. Took maybe 10 seconds or so to realize how to vote.
But dont change it, or not too much. Its minimal and straight forward, like this site. Play to your strengths. Its already a differentiator between you and reddit, which is a good thing.
I think once we decide on a name for "votes" it'll be more intuitive. I actually like it better this way.
Congrats, I think this is ~'s first instance of a repost!
But really, I personally want more letters and numbers, less iconography. While it could be a little more clear (+1 is a good solution), I like it as it is.