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There's a philosophical reason for a cumbersome UI, and it revolves around the idea that comment volume should overall remain somewhat low. It should be hard t
by Laaw 11y ago
There's a philosophical reason for a cumbersome UI, and it revolves around the idea that comment volume should overall remain somewhat low.
It should be hard to manage tons of comments on a story, because it lowers the overall comment count.
I'd love to see some A/B testing on this.
- function_seven 11y agoI understand the philosophy, but the law of unintended consequences means that the comment threads are only about whatever the top commenter brought up. For example, let's say the article is "Scientists discover new material that boosts solar panel efficiency by 16%". The top comment might be, "This does nothing to alleviate the base-load problem. We still need better battery technology". Well now the comment section for me is all about battery chemistry, battery manufacturing news, hydro-pumping as a means of storage, etc. All because the top comment spawned its own mega-thread that pushes relevant (to the story) comments off the bottom.
- Laaw 11y agoMaybe that's okay, or at least an acceptable consequence.