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It seems like you guys (dang and .. I forgot the other one's name) added a feature to tag "meta" comments so they appear all the way down the bottom of a commen
by tripzilch 13y ago
It seems like you guys (dang and .. I forgot the other one's name) added a feature to tag "meta" comments so they appear all the way down the bottom of a comment thread?
Because that's clever. I really like that solution, because "meta" comments usually do not deserve the downvotes they can get to move them away from the top part of the discussion.
I'm generally quite impressed by the new and improved job you are doing at moderating HN. I don't pay close enough attention to tell if it's improved the quality of discussion so far (it probably did, definitely did not get worse). I can say, however, the changes you made and especially the openness about most things, really improved the atmosphere and general feeling of "fairness" of this place. And that counts for a lot! Well done :)
BTW did that whole /pending experiment go anywhere? That page is always empty to me. I'm still not very sold on the idea, but just wondering.
- ColinWright 13y ago> It seems like you guys ... added a feature > to tag "meta" comments so they appear all > the way down the bottom of a comment thread? I have no personal knowledge of this, but I suspect other people have flagged the comments, and that's what's caused them to sink. No other mechanism would be required.
- dang 13y agoThanks! To answer your questions: yes, we flag some subthreads as off-topic (especially when they become weird local optima that would otherwise sit at the top), and no, we haven't turned pending comments on. We decided to try other experiments instead (such as changes to downvoting, which we've posted about quite a bit) and reserve pending comments as a last resort.