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My guess is that this was done to prevent trolls from going through someone's entire comment history and downmodding everything. (Not that this is impossible to
by apu 18y ago
My guess is that this was done to prevent trolls from going through someone's entire comment history and downmodding everything. (Not that this is impossible to do currently, but it's tougher than it would be if a user's comments were paginated out to infinity).
Or it could just be a feature that was left out for lack of time/motivation.
- dcurtis 18y agoI assume the latter. After a week or so (I think), the downmod button disappears from all comments.
- deleted 18y ago[deleted]
- tptacek 18y agoIt also has the beneficial effect of ending stupid debates. Joel's BoS forum had other limitations (like lack of quoting and threading) that they kept because it improved the level of discourse.
- allenbrunson 18y agoactually, it is impossible to do currently. after a comment reaches a certain age, one or two days i think, you can't downvote it anymore.