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Do you guys like the refresh on vote?(self)
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I don't know if you guys noticed or not. I had a bug earlier after a modification/improvement to how I handle people voting while not signed in (trying to take them to signing in). As a result of the bug the "not signed in" detection was a little to aggressive and asking people to sign in even if they were and even after the vote succeeded.

But one thing that would happen is the page would navigate away depending on what button you click in this dialog box and this would refresh the page. And I realized... I kind of liked it. Not getting to sign in while already signed in part. The refreshing. It felt... consequential.. interactive.

So I turned it on for a little while to see if anyone would notice. I guess I'm just trying to increase the dopamine when someone votes on something.

Of course something is experienced differently if one knows it exists because they made that change vs someone experiencing it naturally. Did you guys even notice the change. Does it feel completely broken to anyone or has it felt broken so far? Does voting feel more significant?

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[-]JasonCarswell2(+2|0)

I noticed and appreciate the bug fix. Thanks!

I won't mind if it refreshes the front page feed when I vote, unless I'm going back to catch up and lose my spot (this hasn't happened yet). This may change if the site grows under an avalanche of posts.

I won't mind if it refreshes a post when I vote, unless I've started a comment and lose what I've typed (this hasn't happened yet).

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[-]x0x71(+1|0)

I believe it is only on the front page. I am a bit worried about if people are on second, or third pages if the post shift could be higher, and then it would be disorienting.

I've thought about doing a fake refresh like I do when someone hits the register button on the signin when the form is blank. In that case all I do is blank the page for a second and remove the signin button.

With that I could basically only move the post they voted on to give a sense of feedback but guard against everything else moving too much in a disorienting way.

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[-]JasonCarswell1(+1|0)

Indeed, I guess everything could shift by votes if you're not on the "New" chronological of three front pages (where I loiter).

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[-]x0x71(+1|0)

An issue with the concept I just noticed is if you have a video open and decide to vote on the post, now your video is reset. So I'll have to block it if a video is open or do the fake refresh.

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[-]LarrySwinger1(+1|0)

I did notice a change but kinda subconsciously. I actually find that it feels very wobbly. The vote goes through even though I'm not signed in, then I sign in as per the prompt, then afterwards the vote is gone and I have to vote again. Meanwhile if I say no to the prompt, I get prompted another time for some reason, and if I say no to that as well, the vote does go through... or so it seems. But a refresh reveals that it was a fake vote after all.

So it feels like a toy. I do think it's good to make it feel significant. In my opinion don't show a vote going through when it hasn't. If the vote isn't taken with you upon signing in it isn't so bad, I think that's what people expect anyway. (But it seems like a nice bonus if it does work.)

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[-]x0x71(+1|0)

I guess that's two different issues. The voting while not being signed in apparently needs improvement. I have to admit, I don't vote on this site very much while not signed in.

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[-]LarrySwinger1(+1|0)

I'd misunderstood what you meant. Now I see that you're literally talking about a page refresh upon voting. My first impression is that it's too spasmic / threatening to my ability to focus but I will try it out for a couple days and revisit.

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