Ask HN: when are the comment scores coming back

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by maxer • 15 years ago

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i find it hard to filter through comments

tokenadult• 15 years ago

The issue of what to do about comment quality on HN was brought up in a thread by pg just twelve days ago:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403696

He wrote, "The problem has several components: comments that are (a) mean and/or (b) dumb that (c) get massively upvoted."

The current experiment of not showing comment scores on comment threads started even more recently. My guess on the timing is that the current experiment (and perhaps other experiments) will continue until it is clear what kind of settings on HN do the best to encourage all of us to upvote good comments (that's the crucial step) and NOT upvote mean or dumb comments. Check the bestcomments view of HN content

http://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments

to get a look from time to time at what comments are receiving the most upvotes.

P.S. Please help everyone's filtering (which is still reflected in comment vertical placement in a thread) by upvoting the comments that the most thoughtful and informative.

Ask HN: when are the comment scores coming back

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