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The most important change we could make would be to consistently upvote comments that are explicitly abstracts/tldr's, rather than downvoting them based on the
by jessriedel 9y ago
The most important change we could make would be to consistently upvote comments that are explicitly abstracts/tldr's, rather than downvoting them based on the mistaken thinking that this will force people to read the entire article and improve discussion. There is latent desire to supply this service for free if it isn't penalized.
- dfc 9y agoOr people could read the articles. For most topics don't want to bother to have a discussion with someone that only knows what was in the TLDR comment. Maybe it's a little too Aristotelian for your tastes but I think taking the time to read the article is a decent barometer for genuine interest in discussion. If I wanted to read lulzy drive by comments on articles based of what was in a TLDR I would not frequent HN.
- jessriedel 9y agoSee this subthread for some arguments against that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15083088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15083088
- dfc 9y agoWhy don't you summarize the arguments for me? Too many words for me on that page.
- jessriedel 9y agoNot worth my time, but I'd upvote someone who did ;)