User blog comment:Miss Shadows/No Effect Next to Initial Diamond Choices on RoD Walkthrough/@comment-3452092-20190303155429

No effect is to tell us that this path has been gone down and there is no effect. An effect can mean many things. It can be an achievement that directly results from taking that choice. It can put romance points or any other kind of points. In many cases with diamond choices, the "effect" is after a string of other choices and ultimately it leads to an achievement. In those cases, I think we should leave it off, because we do see the effect, just a little bit down, which directly results from taking that choice, but in any cases where there is no achievement or other effect, especially in cases where there aren't even any more choices (I'm looking at you last diamond choice in Most Wanted), putting no effect after it kind of seems essential to me.

So ultimately, no, I don't think all diamond choices should have (No effect) after them, but I think specific ones should have no effect after them.