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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by iloverocks@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

So Spotify recently changed from a green heart and a block song button to and + and a - for liking and disliking. What is your opinion?

My personal preference would be to bring back the green heart and make a deep red broken heart.

And I know spotify is proprietary yada yada I don't care for music streaming. So pls don't let it be a part of the discussion.

To reference this is an old screenshot I found on the internet.

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[-] videogamesandbeer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

What's wrong with just a thumbs up and thumbs down?

[-] bestusername@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

There's no functional difference between +/- and πŸ‘/πŸ‘Ž.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

So what is the result of 5πŸ‘2?

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago

There are definitely differences. + And - imply addition and subtraction, while πŸ‘πŸ‘Ž imply pleasure and displeasure, or agreement and disagreement. The + and - in this context is quite ambiguous, because it could mean volume up/down, or adding or subtracting the song from a playlist for example. Those would be my first guesses without context I think. Color coding them would help, because it would give more weight to the action, but I think the iconography is still overly ambiguous compared to other options. Source: am professional designer.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because negative feelings don’t belong anywhere near a social product…. Just look at what YouTube and Facebook did

this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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