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Seems unlikely. Using comment count as an indicator of poor quality discussion would treat topics with intense interest and engaging discussion like flame wars.
by unclebucknasty 3mo ago
Seems unlikely. Using comment count as an indicator of poor quality discussion would treat topics with intense interest and engaging discussion like flame wars.
So, I find this explanation hard to believe, especially given that the mods here are active, and that there are other mechanisms for exposing flame wars (including flagging, down votes, etc).
- yorwba 3mo agoHigh-quality posts will usually be upvoted by lurkers, ensuring a favorable upvotes-to-comments ratio. But yes, it's a blunt instrument that sometimes has false positives where the mods intervene to turn off the penalty: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20turned%20off%20the%20flamewar%20detector&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- unclebucknasty 3mo ago>upvotes-to-comments ratio Makes far more sense than comment count alone.