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How about switching comment scores on after a certain amount of time? I've found myself especially wanting them when looking through older threads.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago
Concur. What if this time threshold was the same as when down-voting comments is disabled. What is that? A week? Two?
- jackowayed 15y ago
  It's only a day. We'd probably want to hide for a few days, as it's pretty common for a thread to keep going for more than 24 hours.
  - aaronbrethorst 15y ago
    I'm pleasantly surprised to learn it's so short. I think a week is still a decent amount of time to hide scores.
duck 15y ago
I like comment scores not being displayed, but agree that it would be nice to see them a couple days after it was submitted. I can't think of any reason why this would cause any issues since new comments on 2 day old articles is rare.
woodrow 15y ago
+1. This would return searchyc.com to its former usefulness (with the same old caveat that comment scores may not be a good proxy measure for comment quality).
pg 15y ago
Interesting idea. But I don't think many people look at old threads.
- clarkevans 15y ago
  I tend to read threads several days after they are posted, mostly because I can scan all the comments at once. I think having the votes would help me scan much more efficiently. Identifying infrequent posters might also be helpful since they often post new/different information that may not be highly-ranked.
- tokenadult 15y ago
  I look at old threads fairly often, and people who search on certain keywords on Google or Bing are sure to do so.
- srean 15y ago
  Dont know about others, but I do and I learn a lot from them. One more reason why I absolutely loved the duplicate story detection script.
- tptacek 15y ago
  Intuitively, you could delay comments for just a day or two and get 80% of the benefit we get now. Stupid threads are sprints, not marathons.
  - jeromec 15y ago
    I don't know, this worries me. I think a reason discussion quality has improved is the only comments posted now are from those who really want to add to the discussion. Knowing people might later credit you with your score gets dangerously close to the original problem of people intentionally scoring points off one another.
- beagle3 15y ago
  I do. I bookmark interesting threads to look at again in a month time or so, when all comment dust has settled, and I have a better perspective. I noticed that downvote buttons disappear after a while (24 hours after posting is my non-scientific impression), but upvote buttons never do; If e.g. 95% of the votes happen within 48 hours of posting, it might make sense to drop the upvote buttons as well at that point, and display the points -- if you believe they are useful. Personally, I'm happy with the comments just sorted by points and don't care for the actual number -- although, while you're at it, I would be happy if there was a controversy indicator of some sort -- when I read threads, I'm often interested in the consensus and the controversial. I can find the consensus in the first few posts; I can't tell where the controversy is.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago

Concur. What if this time threshold was the same as when down-voting comments is disabled. What is that? A week? Two?

jackowayed 15y ago
It's only a day. We'd probably want to hide for a few days, as it's pretty common for a thread to keep going for more than 24 hours.
- aaronbrethorst 15y ago
  I'm pleasantly surprised to learn it's so short. I think a week is still a decent amount of time to hide scores.

duck 15y ago

I like comment scores not being displayed, but agree that it would be nice to see them a couple days after it was submitted. I can't think of any reason why this would cause any issues since new comments on 2 day old articles is rare.

woodrow 15y ago

+1. This would return searchyc.com to its former usefulness (with the same old caveat that comment scores may not be a good proxy measure for comment quality).

pg 15y ago

Interesting idea. But I don't think many people look at old threads.

clarkevans 15y ago
I tend to read threads several days after they are posted, mostly because I can scan all the comments at once. I think having the votes would help me scan much more efficiently. Identifying infrequent posters might also be helpful since they often post new/different information that may not be highly-ranked.
tokenadult 15y ago
I look at old threads fairly often, and people who search on certain keywords on Google or Bing are sure to do so.
srean 15y ago
Dont know about others, but I do and I learn a lot from them. One more reason why I absolutely loved the duplicate story detection script.
tptacek 15y ago
Intuitively, you could delay comments for just a day or two and get 80% of the benefit we get now. Stupid threads are sprints, not marathons.
- jeromec 15y ago
  I don't know, this worries me. I think a reason discussion quality has improved is the only comments posted now are from those who really want to add to the discussion. Knowing people might later credit you with your score gets dangerously close to the original problem of people intentionally scoring points off one another.
beagle3 15y ago
I do. I bookmark interesting threads to look at again in a month time or so, when all comment dust has settled, and I have a better perspective. I noticed that downvote buttons disappear after a while (24 hours after posting is my non-scientific impression), but upvote buttons never do; If e.g. 95% of the votes happen within 48 hours of posting, it might make sense to drop the upvote buttons as well at that point, and display the points -- if you believe they are useful. Personally, I'm happy with the comments just sorted by points and don't care for the actual number -- although, while you're at it, I would be happy if there was a controversy indicator of some sort -- when I read threads, I'm often interested in the consensus and the controversial. I can find the consensus in the first few posts; I can't tell where the controversy is.