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A slightly modified version would be to delay on post depth (assuming less depth = more delay) If you take it to the extreme, a youtube video being posted and
by throw_a_say 6y ago
A slightly modified version would be to delay on post depth (assuming less depth = more delay)
If you take it to the extreme, a youtube video being posted and everyone having to wait 5 minutes to comment, there is enough people that will see it at 4.30 to have a visceral reaction and post inflammatory comments. You can extend that down to each level of comments.
- steveklabnik 6y agoHN already does this to some degree, the "reply" button is hidden as you get deeper into a tree of comments. You can, of course, click on the timestamp and see it anyway, so it's more of a speedbump for folks who don't know all of the details of how the forum works than a true delay, though.