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IMO comments shouldn't even be rated this way. Posts full of useful information score less than one-liners of opinion; controversy is an automatic point-killer
by portLAN 19y ago
IMO comments shouldn't even be rated this way. Posts full of useful information score less than one-liners of opinion; controversy is an automatic point-killer. I'd just turn it off, or separate it into categories, like "agree with sentiment", "insightful", "funny","troll", etc., a bit like Slashdot. A score of 1 could mean anything from "nobody has read it" to "controversial"; it could be flamebait or very useful.
Voting stories up or down is also much less helpful than it could be. Some are a little bit useful, some are great, but you can only give them 1 point regardless.
Imagine IMDB: "103823 people liked this movie." "892 people liked this more obscure movie." A better rating system would make a lot more sense.
- aston 19y agoAs a person who often catches the "post at 1 after an hour of people battling to push me up and back down again," I echo the sentiment that just showing the number doesn't mean too much. Controversial generally => lost points, whereas I actually believe controversial commenting is the only thing that keeps discussion interesting. Showing how many upvotes/downvotes something has (in addition to the raw score) would be a nice way to indicate controversy at a glance.
- portLAN 19y agoIf they weren't rated at all, all that would be needed to keep order would be a "spam" flag.