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Not just Ask HN questions but people will think thrice before commenting on anything and everything. The quality of comments on HN is pretty good as it is. I th
by saurabh 17y ago
Not just Ask HN questions but people will think thrice before commenting on anything and everything. The quality of comments on HN is pretty good as it is. I think this is a bad idea. Sometimes not showing something can be a good thing.
- pplante 17y agoI agree revert back!
- incomethax 17y agoI actually think this will help comment quality improve. You can definitely see the difference in the quality of comments on HN from a year ago to today. Just take a look on some articles on searchyc.com. I'm not saying that the quality today is any worse than the quality a year ago (it's very difficult to judge that metric), just the submissions and comments are different, which is to be expected of a growing community.
- ErrantX 17y agobut people will think thrice before commenting on anything and everything. I'd say that is a good thing. Since coming here I have started to carefully consider posting each and every time. I like to think my post quality has gone up because of it! (also, the majority of commentors are not on the leader board so this effects only a minority)