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I think you're ignoring that many people might not even read the article at all. Proving comprehension sounds incredibly hard; proving someone has at least trie
by gleenn 9y ago
I think you're ignoring that many people might not even read the article at all. Proving comprehension sounds incredibly hard; proving someone has at least tried would probably be a huge step in the right direction compared to the mayhem which is most comments online.
- kwhitefoot 9y ago> I think you're ignoring that many people might not even read the article at al I rarely read the articles posted on HN. The discussion is frequently much more interesting and often more enlightening. I generally only read the article if the filter of other people's comments suggests that it would be worth my time. I think I am probably not alone in this.
- warrenm 9y agoProving real comprehension would be (is?) hard/impossible in a constrained format such as this would have to be (pointy-clicky multiple choice). Proving someone "tried* is also [nearly] impossible here: just take standard test-taking strategies for standardized tests of reading comprehension, and apply them to this context (because that's all this is, but not even done by people whose entire job is to make "good" tests)