Statistically speaking there will be a small percentage of people who would have skimmed over the comment below the image without the coloured circle grabbing their attention. It doesn’t otherwise degrade the image, so why not.
It degrades the experience in my opinion. It feels like someone explaining a joke right after saying it. And it does simply look messier (so from that point of view, it does degrade the image) and I feel like it’s assuming everyone is incapable of finding it on their own. And the color choice for the circle is mentally irritating, but that one may simply be on me.
Statistically speaking there will be a small percentage of people who would have skimmed over the comment below the image without the coloured circle grabbing their attention. It doesn’t otherwise degrade the image, so why not.
It degrades the experience in my opinion. It feels like someone explaining a joke right after saying it. And it does simply look messier (so from that point of view, it does degrade the image) and I feel like it’s assuming everyone is incapable of finding it on their own. And the color choice for the circle is mentally irritating, but that one may simply be on me.
Personally I didn’t even notice the circle until it was pointed out, and it’s not really an aesthetically pleasing image anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯