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top voted comments on the top inflate them so much that later pertinent comments goes to oblivion. Mostly because not-so-relevant comments received a few votes
by gcb 15y ago
top voted comments on the top inflate them so much that later pertinent comments goes to oblivion. Mostly because not-so-relevant comments received a few votes because, well, they were not far away from the top at the time.
Putting new comments at the top give them the benefit of doubt, and make people actually read them and upvote if needed.
showing that it's there just because it's new, would defeat the purpose.
- dools 15y agotop voted comments on the top inflate them so much that later pertinent comments goes to oblivion Unless you sit there refreshing the page, you don't see a comment's progression to oblivion. I don't think that showing something is towards the top only because it's new defeats the purpose. I agree that comments should be posted at the top to give people the chance to read new comments, but seeing how much others agree with a comment, new or old, influences my perception of the comment. Without exact points it's hard to gauge, unless everyone who agreed upvoted and then submitted a "+1" comment!