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Add "like" buttons for messages in Group Chat

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TypeScript
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Description

Most deliberation platforms (principally Polis) incorporate some kind of voting mechanism for comments. It's unrealistic and counter-productive to expect participants to voice their agreement or disagreement via a text response. Additionally, it's very important that experiments approximate standard Internet functionality.

Our internal demos highlighted the lack of such a mechanism. Would it be possible to add a like/dislike button on participant comments in the Group Chat stage?

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Research direction

Start by locating the Group Chat stage and the participant comment UI. Review how comments are rendered and how interaction state is handled, then define the like/dislike behavior for each comment. The work is done when participants can use both controls on participant comments and the selected state is handled consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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