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If we're using stars, why not base stars on comment percentile? Every night at midnight, take all the comment scores for the last week, and determine the 90th,

If we're using stars, why not base stars on comment percentile? Every night at midnight, take all the comment scores for the last week, and determine the 90th, 70th, 50th, and 30th percentiles. So every comment in the top 10% gets 5 stars, every comment in the top 30% but not in the top 10% has 4 stars, etc. Also, I think we should switch it up so that comments are dimmed at more like -1 or -2. Otherwise, if the first vote is a downvote, people might overlook an otherwise decent (or controversial) comment.

mishmash 15y ago
> Also, I think we should switch it up so that comments are dimmed at more like -1 or -2. Otherwise, if the first vote is a downvote, people might overlook an otherwise decent (or controversial) comment. This is needed. I'm constantly upvoting valid, neutral things even if I don't really have an opinion on them simply because their first vote was down, likely by a disgruntled parent post.
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  >likely by a disgruntled parent post. You've never been able to downvote replies to your own comments.
  - mishmash 15y ago
    Oh wow 3 years and I've never noticed. Haha tells you've I've never tried to then. ;)
  - Smirnoff 15y ago
    Unless they have a friend or a second account who can do it for them ;)
    - redthrowaway 15y ago
      The karma threshold for downvoting comments is 500, iirc. That would make socking a fairly laborious prospect. As for meatpuppetry, if you're going to go through that much trouble just to downvote someone, then I'd suggest you have deeper issues.
- Unseelie 15y ago
  I'm often drawn to greyed things, as they're different...not sure how prevalent that reaction is, but its at least a counterweight to overlook.
jasonlotito 15y ago
Comment's should only reflect the current thread (well, everything underneath a news story). Not all stories receive the same traffic. A quality comment in one story might receive far less votes than a less quality comment in another story that is far more popular. However, that is merely the method, and the idea of identifying quality stories is still sound.

mishmash 15y ago

> Also, I think we should switch it up so that comments are dimmed at more like -1 or -2. Otherwise, if the first vote is a downvote, people might overlook an otherwise decent (or controversial) comment. This is needed. I'm constantly upvoting valid, neutral things even if I don't really have an opinion on them simply because their first vote was down, likely by a disgruntled parent post.

redthrowaway 15y ago
>likely by a disgruntled parent post. You've never been able to downvote replies to your own comments.
- mishmash 15y ago
  Oh wow 3 years and I've never noticed. Haha tells you've I've never tried to then. ;)
- Smirnoff 15y ago
  Unless they have a friend or a second account who can do it for them ;)
  - redthrowaway 15y ago
    The karma threshold for downvoting comments is 500, iirc. That would make socking a fairly laborious prospect. As for meatpuppetry, if you're going to go through that much trouble just to downvote someone, then I'd suggest you have deeper issues.
Unseelie 15y ago
I'm often drawn to greyed things, as they're different...not sure how prevalent that reaction is, but its at least a counterweight to overlook.

jasonlotito 15y ago

Comment's should only reflect the current thread (well, everything underneath a news story). Not all stories receive the same traffic. A quality comment in one story might receive far less votes than a less quality comment in another story that is far more popular. However, that is merely the method, and the idea of identifying quality stories is still sound.