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This made me think of the Norwegian news site that required readers to take a quiz before commenting: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/

This made me think of the Norwegian news site that required readers to take a quiz before commenting: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nrk-norwegian-news-site-comments-read-story-understand-post-quiz-questions-a7607246.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne... Combining these two ideas could be really neat -- I wonder if it could even be sold as a service a la disqus.

OrganicMSG 9y ago
Hah, I was going to post the same thing. Perhaps it is steam-engine-time for this idea.
maxxxxx 9y ago
Great idea! I am very guilty of commenting here without reading the article. Can we try this here?
V-2 9y ago
The idea would combine nicely with voting in the elections, too - given a casted vote has more impact than leaving a comment under a news article ;)
- blevs 9y ago
  The days of voting literacy tests are not exactly a bright point in American history.
  - V-2 9y ago
    Every thing you can think of has been misused at some point in (not necessarily American) history.
    - adamsea 9y ago
      It’s all about context, though.
    - blevs 9y ago
      That's very true. I should clarify that in addition to its history designing a test to selectively disenfranchise voters seems not the best to me.