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I'm going to beat a dead horse, and say that hiding comment score (1) was a mistake (1) - although I realize I'm in the minority. It removes information, and I

by latch 4y ago

I'm going to beat a dead horse, and say that hiding comment score (1) was a mistake (1) - although I realize I'm in the minority. It removes information, and I think that's generally a bad thing. I'll often see a comment that says "A", and the top reply will say "'A' is factually incorrect" and not only would I and everyone else who isn't an expert on "A" benefit from knowing that 75 people upvoted the reply vs the 5 on the parent, but the parent commenter in particular would benefit. (1) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2595605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2595605

benlivengood 4y ago
For comparison, lesswrong just introduced two-dimension scoring [0] which separates community behavior standards (karma) from truth/sensibility/belief and could plausibly help identify what you want to take from single comment ratings; whether the average reader agrees or disagrees and the rough spread of belief, but it still allows well-written comments by minority opinions to be highly karma-voted for expressing their opinion well and in line with community guidelines. [0] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/HALKHS4pMbfghxsjD/lesswrong-has-agree-disagree-voting-on-all-new-comment https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/HALKHS4pMbfghxsjD/lesswrong-...