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I'm seeing dots for some comments instead of the score. It looks like gray dots for comments with a high score and red dots for comments with a very high score.
by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I'm seeing dots for some comments instead of the score. It looks like gray dots for comments with a high score and red dots for comments with a very high score. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of the change to some extent?
Edit: Sorry, it looks like this was explained after I had loaded this page. Still, this seems like a partial reversal. Also, this story is at #16 on the front page and really should be at #1 considering the magnitude of the change.
Oh and just one more question: I'm seeing this comment at the top of the page. Is that just how it looks for me, or is it that way for everyone because of the new ranking algorithm?
Another edit: From PG's explanation, I thought the gray dots were all turned red, but I still see gray dots for some comments (including one with a negative score).
- NathanKP 17y agoWhere was it explained? I'm still searching.....
- deleted 17y ago[deleted]
- johnnybgoode 17y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=846123 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=846123
- NathanKP 17y agoGot it... Thanks. The comments here are getting to be so much that they are hard to follow. ;)
- pg 17y agoI've been experimenting with various ways of indicating high scoring comments. At the moment I use an orange dot after the time. At one point I tried giving all comments initial dots, and turned them red when the comment had a high score.
- buugs 17y agoI think the red was much less distracting than the orange, although it may be that it is after the time that is causing that (rather than next to the arrows).