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The upvote / downvote system is at fault here too, at least with online discussion forums. Everything that doesn’t match the local culture and norms is immediat
by ceilingcorner 5y ago
The upvote / downvote system is at fault here too, at least with online discussion forums. Everything that doesn’t match the local culture and norms is immediately downvoted. It’s a self-reinforcing echo chamber. Reddit is notoriously bad at this.
I preferred the old forum style, where even unpopular or strange messages were still placed in chronological order.
- germinalphrase 5y agoMaking show dead the default would be a nice step.
- inglor_cz 5y agoAfter setting "show dead" to "on", I am rarely more enlightened than before. It seems that HN moderators are an order of magnitude better at their jobs than average and recognize value or its absence fairly well.
- greesil 5y agoSeconded. The dead posts are always uninformative and/or toxic.
- germinalphrase 5y agoI agree, generally; however, I still find it (sometimes) useful to hear strong outsider views, even if only to see what patterns of thinking are propagating. The mods here are solid.
- gnicholas 5y agoI believe comments die due to sufficient flagging/downvoting, and that moderator intervention is not required.
- shkkmo 5y agoComments become dead due to user voting and can also be resurrected if people vouch for them. I usually read the dead comments and occaisonally do vouch for them if I feel they were constructive and accurate but unpopular. There is a seperate system of flagging comments which does usually lead to moderator review amd potential account action. It is extremely rare for me to see a flagged and dead comment that doesn't obviously merit it.