Interesting article. I've long felt that our systems for group discussion and decision making are too primitive, in part because they make no attempt to adjust

Interesting article. I've long felt that our systems for group discussion and decision making are too primitive, in part because they make no attempt to adjust for the value of each comment. Idiots and blowhards get to take up as much space on the page as anybody else. This is tiresome for readers and exasperating for contributors. If comments could be fairly and impartially judged for their value before being seen threads could be condensed. Research such as this can maybe help pave the way in that direction?