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Don't most blogging platforms have the option to email replies? In any case, I prefer a bit of friction in the comment process, since it discourages people fro

• keypress 9y ago
  Usenet with dial-up was good for this. You'd compose your reply, then look it back up, read over, amend, perhaps delete or send later. It made for more considered responses. I've noticed with HN it's very swarm-like and transient these days. Comment following is also difficult without some thread control. At a minimum you need collapsible threads. Too much to read, don't bother, say something that's been said already - and add to the noise. Or have a bypassed dangling leaf comment.
  • icebraining 9y ago
    HN has collapsible threads nowadays (it's the [-] symbol on the post header).
    • keypress 9y ago
      Oh bloody hell, I never figured that out. Used to use some js for that.