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Yes, absolutely. Or, at the very least, remove the graying-out of the comment text; it's childish and demeaning and serves no purpose other than to highlight wh
by Nicksil 6y ago
Yes, absolutely. Or, at the very least, remove the graying-out of the comment text; it's childish and demeaning and serves no purpose other than to highlight what some people have considered to be "wrong." dang (and whomever else may moderate) already has the ability to collapse comments if the subject-matter is especially egregious.
Some people down-vote when they simply disagree with whatever is being conveyed. This behavior is not conducive to a thoughtful, substantive conversation.
Beyond signaling a post/comment is of low quality or off-topic, I do not see any use for the down-vote; the 'flag' option exists for this purpose. I also believe the bar for the flagging privilege be set higher.
- moistly 6y agoIMO only dang & cohort should be able to grey a comment, precisely to signal their quality standard. Flagging is good, and should be a privilege removed from those who abuse it. Voting should not exist, period. Voting killed several online social communities that had previously thrived.
- jolmg 6y agoReviewing all comments to see if they meet a quality standard would be an absurd amount of work to ask of a couple of people.
- moistly 6y agoNo one said that. Don’t strawman.
- jolmg 6y agoDidn't say that? Then what did you say? Your suggestion seems only meaningful if most if not all are reviewed. Otherwise it seems pointless, and I think reviewing even 10% would be overburdening the moderators/admins. Happy New Year's, by the way.
- moistly 6y agoI said flagging is good and greying is good, the former by folk who don’t abuse it, the latter by very few. I imagine the latter would prioritize based on how much flagging any one post receives, among other things. NLP could probably be put to good use, too. Happy New Year. Helluva start. I definitely did not say the mods/admins should be reviewing each and every post. That’s absurd.