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hmmm... maybe along with the title field, there should be another summary field (limited to, say, ~300 characters?) that people other than the author are able t

by ph0rque 18y ago

hmmm... maybe along with the title field, there should be another summary field (limited to, say, ~300 characters?) that people other than the author are able to edit.

mechanical_fish 18y ago
Yep. That's the ticket. When you see something happening over and over on a website, sometimes it means that the users are struggling to invent a missing feature. Of course, sometimes that feature is one that makes certain users give certain other users money in exchange for counterfeit Viagra. But not, I think, in this case.
- 10ren 18y ago
  But the beauty of the minimal Hacker News design is that users can create their own idioms on top of it, that, in effect, become part of the design - a domain specific design, or DSD, if you will. Crystallizing a common idiom into an explicit feature. with explicit design, would enforce a common interface upon all users, which despite its benefits would reduce the raw power and flexibility of the minimal design - a step along the road to Blubber News. ;-) But seriously, it's a good idea; but why not do it within the current design? That way, you get voting on the summary too. Herring's point about RSS could be accomplished by including the top comment in it...
  - derefr 18y ago
    Polls originally started this way, and did crystallize, specifically, I think, because they went against the whole "comment karma is a real, useful measure of participation" idea. Likewise, just restating the article-but-shorter shouldn't be rewarded--pretend we're all in a sixth-grade English class: "Talk about the assigned reading; don't just say what happens."
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timf 18y ago
Not edit it, but those who took the time to read the actual article could submit summaries and/or vote on which was the best summary (== most accurate). And only show one summary to normal viewers, the highest voted one. If people want to contribute to the summary pool or vote on summaries, they can perhaps click in somewhere.
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Herring 18y ago
Plus that would make HN's RSS not completely suck. ¬¬

by ph0rque 18y ago

hmmm... maybe along with the title field, there should be another summary field (limited to, say, ~300 characters?) that people other than the author are able to edit.

mechanical_fish 18y ago

Yep. That's the ticket. When you see something happening over and over on a website, sometimes it means that the users are struggling to invent a missing feature. Of course, sometimes that feature is one that makes certain users give certain other users money in exchange for counterfeit Viagra. But not, I think, in this case.

10ren 18y ago
But the beauty of the minimal Hacker News design is that users can create their own idioms on top of it, that, in effect, become part of the design - a domain specific design, or DSD, if you will. Crystallizing a common idiom into an explicit feature. with explicit design, would enforce a common interface upon all users, which despite its benefits would reduce the raw power and flexibility of the minimal design - a step along the road to Blubber News. ;-) But seriously, it's a good idea; but why not do it within the current design? That way, you get voting on the summary too. Herring's point about RSS could be accomplished by including the top comment in it...
- derefr 18y ago
  Polls originally started this way, and did crystallize, specifically, I think, because they went against the whole "comment karma is a real, useful measure of participation" idea. Likewise, just restating the article-but-shorter shouldn't be rewarded--pretend we're all in a sixth-grade English class: "Talk about the assigned reading; don't just say what happens."
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timf 18y ago

Not edit it, but those who took the time to read the actual article could submit summaries and/or vote on which was the best summary (== most accurate). And only show one summary to normal viewers, the highest voted one. If people want to contribute to the summary pool or vote on summaries, they can perhaps click in somewhere.

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Herring 18y ago

Plus that would make HN's RSS not completely suck. ¬¬