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For the people that are saying they don't want it, couldn't they just not use the feature if it was there? I'm not following how it would make anything more com

• grayclhn 12y ago
  Some people have said that they think it will degrade the quality of the discussion by encouraging shorter and quicker replies at the expense of longer and more thoughtful ones. So it wouldn't make things more complicated for people not using it; it would just make the site worse. :)
  • jpetersonmn 12y ago
    Aha, that's a good point, didn't think of that angle.
    • wuliwong 12y ago
      It is interesting, I wonder if there could be some included UI updates to keep the current "quality" of comments at the same level but also allow for deeper back-and-forth discussions that don't dominate the page. It would seem only surfacing the top level or two of comments and having the rest expandable/collapsible might supply the best of both worlds. My biggest counter argument to no-notifications is this post. I made it, and completely forgot about it until today. I would have loved to see all these comments and reply back closer to real time.
      • grayclhn 12y ago
        >My biggest counter argument to no-notifications is this post. I made it, and completely forgot about it until today. I would have loved to see all these comments and reply back closer to real time. That's a weak counterargument. I'm sure you would have liked the comments, but you have to make the case that the conversation we all enjoyed would have been better with the participation of someone who forgot his own question :)