Badge Discussion: Like Ratios + Spending Likes

[ccdw (Christopher W)]

Per my original comment, I believe the like mechanism is a golden hammer at best:

@ccdw

I’ve been participating in online communities for over 30 years (Pre-Internet in other words) and I’m surprised ‘we’ haven’t yet managed to evolve beyond the like button. It’s a very blunt tool and in cynical (undignified?) hands can be used to express negative sentiment. Something I rather clumsily refer to as negative likes.

Any thoughts on measuring sentiment instead, or, as well as?

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Rather than counts or ratios, perhaps award badges based on positive contribution?

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