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You guys seriously did a good thing with nested and collapsable comments. Reddit's comment structure remains by far the best on the internet. You should defin

by blhack 9y ago

You guys seriously did a good thing with nested and collapsable comments. Reddit's comment structure remains by far the best on the internet. You should definitely be proud of that.

dredmorbius 9y ago
The comment tools in Scoop (the Kuro5hin CMS) were pretty slick. You could select flat, nested, or minimal, and the display would automatically cycle through those as the number of comments grew. I'm trying to remember if it had the ability to filter comments below a threshold, though I'm thinking it did.
pbhjpbhj 9y ago
I still really like Slashdot's comment moderation, with multiple characteristics, and the ability to quickly collapse all ajudged low-value comments with a slider. The ability to promote certain users comments (and vice versa) is good too; but you have to use that carefully. Would love to have that with the content and users here.
- blhack 9y ago
  Maybe /. is better now? That used to be my main tech news website, but Reddit replaced it because of the comment structure. (And then HN replaced that because of the quality of comments here)
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Reddit replaced /. and Digg to my recollection primarily because of political issues and user resistance to site updates. I came to HN well before I found Reddit (I think it being mentioned here was the stimulus). [this is my 2nd username here] HN thrives IMO because it got a high value kernel of contributors early on, through synergy with Ycombinators business, and because of strong moderation heavily focused against new users. Up until the last year or so most comment threads haven't needed to be filtered, due to the relatively small population, but popular stories now attract a mass of comments such that one can't easily scan through to precis the range of reactions. HN maybe wants to stay "small" though. A lot of users in any case want to keep a tight focus on start-ups/computer tech/programming; keeping a "clunky" comment system probably provides useful friction to that end. The main frustration in consuming comments here for me is the lack of differentiation between valuable and disagreeable comments. Though this appears to reflect pg's personal philosophy (he stated that down-voting for disagreement was proper, or words to that effect).

by blhack 9y ago

You guys seriously did a good thing with nested and collapsable comments. Reddit's comment structure remains by far the best on the internet. You should definitely be proud of that.

dredmorbius 9y ago

The comment tools in Scoop (the Kuro5hin CMS) were pretty slick. You could select flat, nested, or minimal, and the display would automatically cycle through those as the number of comments grew. I'm trying to remember if it had the ability to filter comments below a threshold, though I'm thinking it did.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago

I still really like Slashdot's comment moderation, with multiple characteristics, and the ability to quickly collapse all ajudged low-value comments with a slider. The ability to promote certain users comments (and vice versa) is good too; but you have to use that carefully. Would love to have that with the content and users here.

blhack 9y ago
Maybe /. is better now? That used to be my main tech news website, but Reddit replaced it because of the comment structure. (And then HN replaced that because of the quality of comments here)
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Reddit replaced /. and Digg to my recollection primarily because of political issues and user resistance to site updates. I came to HN well before I found Reddit (I think it being mentioned here was the stimulus). [this is my 2nd username here] HN thrives IMO because it got a high value kernel of contributors early on, through synergy with Ycombinators business, and because of strong moderation heavily focused against new users. Up until the last year or so most comment threads haven't needed to be filtered, due to the relatively small population, but popular stories now attract a mass of comments such that one can't easily scan through to precis the range of reactions. HN maybe wants to stay "small" though. A lot of users in any case want to keep a tight focus on start-ups/computer tech/programming; keeping a "clunky" comment system probably provides useful friction to that end. The main frustration in consuming comments here for me is the lack of differentiation between valuable and disagreeable comments. Though this appears to reflect pg's personal philosophy (he stated that down-voting for disagreement was proper, or words to that effect).