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Thanks! Hint to all who participated in that ugly thread: The inital comments were bad, but I found it even worse to see how many people engaged this, making

by vog 11y ago

Thanks! Hint to all who participated in that ugly thread: The inital comments were bad, but I found it even worse to see how many people engaged this, making that ugly thread larger and larger. It became so large that it finally displaced all the good, on-topic comments! If you really want to show respect for the author, just downvote + flag the ugly comments, and be done with it. Then, go on and use your time to post something insightful about the author's article.

simula67 11y ago
Should the children of flagged/dead comments be hidden by default as well ?
- vog 11y ago
  I like that idea. Alternatively, such threads could not be hidden completely, but only be reached via a separate link. That way, the discussion would still exist, but would not consume growing space on the original discussion site anymore. (In addition, it would still serve to bind the people who insist on wasting their time in that corner. On the other hand, that would still be a pity. I assume that some people who wasted their time in that corner would otherwise have engaged in the remaining insightful discussions.)