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Comments are often reply to someone else's point on things which may not be related to the original post.
by achow 5y ago
Comments are often reply to someone else's point on things which may not be related to the original post.
- benrbray 5y agoOne idea is to rank users more highly when their comment is closer to mine in the comment tree. Also to weight users more highly when we both comment on an article that has relatively few comments.
- jcims 5y agoSome of my favorite HN threads remind me of bubble tracks in old school particle colliders. Just stacks of tangents that are hilariously off-topic but somehow, at times, still interesting and even informative.