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downvoting is disabled for users comments after a while so people cant go and downvote all of a users old comments, as comment threads get deeper it takes longe

downvoting is disabled for users comments after a while so people cant go and downvote all of a users old comments, as comment threads get deeper it takes longer for replies to be enabled to disuade arguments. Since hacker news has managed to keep a relatively similiar experience despite a large increase in users, its pretty clear(subjectively) that some of these measures are working. You should probably worry about it less.

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
This is the user. This is the user telling you the application pisses them off at random intervals and for unknown reasons. Worry is not part of this conversation.
- daleharvey 17y ago
  if you stopped worrying about exactly how and why these features get enabled / disabled and accept that pg will and can experiment with features and isnt particularly worried about documenting them, then you will no longer be pissed off. the way hn is developed is very open, and I dont imagine becoming the most easily understandable news site on the web is a particular goal for this place, so speaking in truisms like "dont modify users behaviour" doesnt mean much.
  - DanielBMarkham 17y ago
    Once again, you're taking this conversation somewhere that I'm not going. Nobody is saying pg can't experiment. Nobody is saying that the site isn't great, open, wonderful, etc. Just pointing out that inconsistencies in experience -- even to people who like the app and enjoy the benefits -- piss off the users. You can care about that or not. Fair game. You can "worry" about how the system works or not. Still ticks people off, and people are still going to point it out. Telling the user that their feedback isn't as important as the overall purpose of the site may also be true, but that's also not the point.
- jauco 17y ago
  You're not the user, you're a user. You should first verify if other users are pissed of as well. (i'm not for instance)

DanielBMarkham 17y ago

This is the user. This is the user telling you the application pisses them off at random intervals and for unknown reasons. Worry is not part of this conversation.

daleharvey 17y ago
if you stopped worrying about exactly how and why these features get enabled / disabled and accept that pg will and can experiment with features and isnt particularly worried about documenting them, then you will no longer be pissed off. the way hn is developed is very open, and I dont imagine becoming the most easily understandable news site on the web is a particular goal for this place, so speaking in truisms like "dont modify users behaviour" doesnt mean much.
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  Once again, you're taking this conversation somewhere that I'm not going. Nobody is saying pg can't experiment. Nobody is saying that the site isn't great, open, wonderful, etc. Just pointing out that inconsistencies in experience -- even to people who like the app and enjoy the benefits -- piss off the users. You can care about that or not. Fair game. You can "worry" about how the system works or not. Still ticks people off, and people are still going to point it out. Telling the user that their feedback isn't as important as the overall purpose of the site may also be true, but that's also not the point.
jauco 17y ago
You're not the user, you're a user. You should first verify if other users are pissed of as well. (i'm not for instance)