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Your button label is part of your product logic

Two people can tap the same button for completely different reasons.

That’s a design question I’m exploring with Callout, a social debate app where opinions receive Based or Hot Take votes.

“Hot Take” might mean:

  • I disagree.
  • This is controversial.
  • This is an unusual perspective.

If people interpret a vote differently, the total can look precise while its meaning remains unclear.

The test I want to run is simple: show someone the interface, ask what they expect each button to do, and compare that answer with the intended behavior.

Before adding a tooltip, I want to understand whether the label itself works.

How do you test UI wording in your projects?

https://callout-social.onrender.com/

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