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I think that makes sense. But how much is too much? Say you have a very high post volume on one side of an issue, so you start moderating more heavily. Do you a
by andrewguenther 9y ago
I think that makes sense. But how much is too much? Say you have a very high post volume on one side of an issue, so you start moderating more heavily. Do you allow posts through representing the other side? Is that "fair"?
- wvenable 9y agoFor the most part, the topic gathers posts from both sides regardless of the content of the linked article. So simply flagging the entire topic away is fair.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoThe issue isn't really the one-sided-ness of the comments, or the volume of the comments. The issue is the quality of the comments. Even on a hot-button topic, there are quality comments made, by both sides. Those are worth reading, no matter which side you take on the issue. And then there are the "You're so stupid, how could you think something so idiotic, I hope you die in a fire" comments. Those comments don't add much except noise. If you want the quality comments to be visible among the noise, you need to weed out the noise comments. You need this more on hot-button topics, because they attract more noise comments.
- dec0dedab0de 9y agoI believe there is an automatic penalty if the comment count goes above the vote count beyond a certain percentage
- ZenoArrow 9y agoMakes sense. That's the clearest indication I've seen of contentious topics on HN (comment count higher than the topic vote count).