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Better moderation in submissions and comments is probably on top of my list. Hacker News has a high minimum quality to its comments and an O.K. maximum quality

by kmfrk 16y ago

Better moderation in submissions and comments is probably on top of my list. Hacker News has a high minimum quality to its comments and an O.K. maximum quality. It annoys me that no distinction is made between users. I'd like to have something to let me know who I am talking to: a "friend and foe" list, and something to set users in comments apart such as coloured names, non-hideous gravatars, etc. I'd also like special people's names to be highlighted such as the OP's and admin's. And a better voting system. And a pony. Could you link to a Twitter account, e-mail subscription of some sort? There's a 95% chance that I forget everything you just wrote after I close this tab, unless Techcrunch, Daring Fireball, and HN shower you with attention. EDIT: If you want a good case study to learn from, see how Quora has failed to shape and teach its users how to use the service and post relevant, good content EDIT2: A "report" button for individual comments would also be great. Moderators can't be everywhere; instead, they should just teach users to (properly) report comments and sift through these. It would also be beneficial to require a description of the infraction.

shadowflit 16y ago
> I'd also like special people's names to be highlighted such as the OP's and admin's. I like this. I sometimes find myself searching a page with the OP's name to check for responses. As for the rest though... I kind of like the "anonymity" of posting without a sig/avatar/anything because I don't do any pre-filtering of comments by user.
- makmanalp 16y ago
  I usually disregard usernames (because it's too much of an effort to keep track of them in a conversation) so the whole thing reads as one large internal monologue of a really intelligent, well rounded but conflicted and wandering-minded person.
  - kmfrk 16y ago
    I sometimes get the feeling that I'm talking to the HN hivemind.
mkr-hn 16y ago
Every comment has a flag button, but you have to go to it with the link link to see it.
zbanks 16y ago
> Could you link to a Twitter account, e-mail subscription of some sort? There's a 95% chance that I forget everything you just wrote after I close this tab, unless Techcrunch, Daring Fireball, and HN shower you with attention. I think the "threads" link works pretty well for this. >A "report" button for individual comments would also be great. Isn't this what flagging is for?

by kmfrk 16y ago

shadowflit 16y ago

> I'd also like special people's names to be highlighted such as the OP's and admin's. I like this. I sometimes find myself searching a page with the OP's name to check for responses. As for the rest though... I kind of like the "anonymity" of posting without a sig/avatar/anything because I don't do any pre-filtering of comments by user.

makmanalp 16y ago
I usually disregard usernames (because it's too much of an effort to keep track of them in a conversation) so the whole thing reads as one large internal monologue of a really intelligent, well rounded but conflicted and wandering-minded person.
- kmfrk 16y ago
  I sometimes get the feeling that I'm talking to the HN hivemind.

mkr-hn 16y ago

Every comment has a flag button, but you have to go to it with the link link to see it.

zbanks 16y ago

> Could you link to a Twitter account, e-mail subscription of some sort? There's a 95% chance that I forget everything you just wrote after I close this tab, unless Techcrunch, Daring Fireball, and HN shower you with attention. I think the "threads" link works pretty well for this. >A "report" button for individual comments would also be great. Isn't this what flagging is for?