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there is now an exponential delay before reply links appear on deeply nested comments I think this is a fascinating idea.

trickjarrett 18y ago
It will be interesting to see how it goes, but I see it more as a way to slow down conversations. I think perhaps we may find that it is best to exponentially delay replies in a thread from the same person. Most comment thread discussions go maybe 2 for each person before losing most value (from my observations) and so it may also find value in adding logic to slow or disable that sort of "noise" as well.
eru 18y ago
I'd prefer to be able to enter my comment as soon as I can think of it, but do not have it show for other people until the time is up.
- Hexstream 18y ago
  I'm thinking this would significantly affect the effectiveness of this new feature. Maybe we'd get some flamewar thread depth transferred into breadth but otherwise have about the same quantity of flame comments?
  - DanielBMarkham 18y ago
    Exactly. Let's say I'm really mad at your comment you just wrote. Really mad. So the little "reply" button isn't showing up. Do I a) stop being angry because a little button is disabled or b) find some other way to vent online? I'm voting for b. And if you're going to vent anyway, I'd rather you nest it. That's what nested comments are for, anyway -- stuff that gets more and more detailed about a particular conversation.
    - TrevorJ 18y ago
      That's why I think auto-collapsing threads with less then a certain threshold of karma after a period of time might be the way to go.
      - lucumo 18y ago
        Forget auto-collapsing, I'd like to be able to collapse period. It happens quite often that I've already read a really long thread and just want to skip over it to the new stuff, or that the topic discussed in the thread is just not that interesting to me, but the topic of the post is.
  - mechanical_fish 18y ago
    Maybe we'd get some flamewar thread depth transferred into breadth Ah, but replies to existing comments track the original comment as it moves up and down the screen. Brand-new comments sink or swim on their own merit. I'm thinking that Original Insight A might get upmodded, but Insulting Name For The Commenter's Mother B'' will not get upmodded and will sink out of sight. Of course, that might not actually help. It will be a fun experiment.
- lhorie 18y ago
  I think the point is that this mechanism lets users cool their heads before they type away something silly on the heat of the moment.
volida 18y ago
Having engaged in some flame wars, without wanting it to happen, it did cross my mind that they could be tracked using some sort of detection of the height of the tree and the time between the replies. Also I think that's how pg tracked them before, because he enganged almost instantly to stop one I was involved recently.

trickjarrett 18y ago

It will be interesting to see how it goes, but I see it more as a way to slow down conversations. I think perhaps we may find that it is best to exponentially delay replies in a thread from the same person. Most comment thread discussions go maybe 2 for each person before losing most value (from my observations) and so it may also find value in adding logic to slow or disable that sort of "noise" as well.

eru 18y ago

I'd prefer to be able to enter my comment as soon as I can think of it, but do not have it show for other people until the time is up.

Hexstream 18y ago
I'm thinking this would significantly affect the effectiveness of this new feature. Maybe we'd get some flamewar thread depth transferred into breadth but otherwise have about the same quantity of flame comments?
- DanielBMarkham 18y ago
  Exactly. Let's say I'm really mad at your comment you just wrote. Really mad. So the little "reply" button isn't showing up. Do I a) stop being angry because a little button is disabled or b) find some other way to vent online? I'm voting for b. And if you're going to vent anyway, I'd rather you nest it. That's what nested comments are for, anyway -- stuff that gets more and more detailed about a particular conversation.
  - TrevorJ 18y ago
    That's why I think auto-collapsing threads with less then a certain threshold of karma after a period of time might be the way to go.
    - lucumo 18y ago
      Forget auto-collapsing, I'd like to be able to collapse period. It happens quite often that I've already read a really long thread and just want to skip over it to the new stuff, or that the topic discussed in the thread is just not that interesting to me, but the topic of the post is.
- mechanical_fish 18y ago
  Maybe we'd get some flamewar thread depth transferred into breadth Ah, but replies to existing comments track the original comment as it moves up and down the screen. Brand-new comments sink or swim on their own merit. I'm thinking that Original Insight A might get upmodded, but Insulting Name For The Commenter's Mother B'' will not get upmodded and will sink out of sight. Of course, that might not actually help. It will be a fun experiment.
lhorie 18y ago
I think the point is that this mechanism lets users cool their heads before they type away something silly on the heat of the moment.

volida 18y ago

Having engaged in some flame wars, without wanting it to happen, it did cross my mind that they could be tracked using some sort of detection of the height of the tree and the time between the replies. Also I think that's how pg tracked them before, because he enganged almost instantly to stop one I was involved recently.