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I didn't mean the code would be complicated, but the additional mental load of all users evaluating every comment for it's trappiness (USERS * COMMENTS * SPLIT_

I didn't mean the code would be complicated, but the additional mental load of all users evaluating every comment for it's trappiness (USERS * COMMENTS * SPLIT_SECOND). If someone's being a jerk why not just use the current moderation/ban system that's in place? And if it's a specific idiotic/malicious set of characters that keeps popping up, just add a censor for it. Pretty much all other moderation needs could be solved with slashcode-style meta-moderation.

JulianMorrison 15y ago
If you're the sort of person who naturally doesn't care to upvote stuff that the admins think ought to be booby-trapped, then you won't be stung. Versus, if you're a jerk who likes dumb comments, you'll be stung often enough to feel inhibition and a need to contemplate a comment's jerkiness and dumbness before hitting the up arrow. This additional mental load is quite deliberate.