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I wonder if there would be any benefit in adding a small cost to voting (1/10th of a point? different costs for up and downvoting?). If nothing else, it could b
by silentbicycle 16y ago
I wonder if there would be any benefit in adding a small cost to voting (1/10th of a point? different costs for up and downvoting?). If nothing else, it could be an incentive against drive-by downvoting.
Also, why isn't flagging for comments more visible? I suspect many are unaware that it's even possible. I routinely flag "obligatory xkcd", "looks like your database isn't scalable enough to host your blog post about database scalability", "correlation does not imply causation", and other recurring noise.
- tptacek 16y agoHow would that second feature work? To be honest, I don't even know how comment flagging works. I know there's a button there (it's buried and shouldn't be), but I have no concept of what happens when I hit it. To whatever extent it does work, I think an automatic N-week hellban after getting more than one comment flagged off the site makes sense.
- silentbicycle 16y agoMore awareness that you can flag comments, such as showing it next to 'link' on thread pages. I rephrased my comment to make it clearer.
- bugsy 16y agoI am aware of the flag link myself and where it is located but I have no idea what it really does so I never touch it. (Not that I would touch it if I knew, I am averse to punishment as a form of socialization as I think it's less effective than encouragement and gentle correction.)
- silentbicycle 16y agoIt doesn't punish, it draws moderator attention (though too many flags on an article before N upvotes kills it, IIRC).