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While this is a pretty good idea, it adds a significant amount of complexity to news.yc. A lot of the appeal of this site is in its simplicity, and adding this
by dcurtis 19y ago
While this is a pretty good idea, it adds a significant amount of complexity to news.yc. A lot of the appeal of this site is in its simplicity, and adding this public/private commenting system would kind of sacrifice that feeling.
- yters 19y agoWhat would you say about a simple, self similar surface that allows for deeper layers of complexity, if the user wants? Perhaps just adding an invisibility option to a comment, which the receiver can deactivate?
- dcurtis 19y agoHmm. There's very little difference between actual complexity and perceived complexity. If you add options for features that could possibly increase complexity, you also increase the chance that someone feels the perception that the app is complex. For that reason, I still dislike the idea of hidden/user-activated features.
- yters 19y agoIf it was in the text markup, then it wouldn't be perceived.