3 ms·
Random idea: How about an extra pair of vote-buttons to classify a comment as "positive/negative" (karma-neutral)? I often find the karma-system frustratingly
by moe 12y ago
Random idea:
How about an extra pair of vote-buttons to classify a comment as "positive/negative" (karma-neutral)?
I often find the karma-system frustratingly one-dimensional.
Experiments in that direction are of course a slippery slope, but what place other than a hacker forum could be a better petri dish?
- maxerickson 12y agoIf we have extra buttons, let's have them be toggles like flag/unflag and name them something like "mean", "inane" and "misleading".
- moe 12y agoYes, that's actually the direction I was aiming for, a little bit like the Slashdot system. I just think it's very hard to choose meaningful adjectives/dimensions (the slashdot set also quickly feels limiting). That's why I'd start with the most basic sentiment(s) first (positive|negative, agree|disagree, ...), see how that goes, and possibly extend from there.
- striking 12y agoWhat do adjectives have to do with commenting?
- moe 12y agoNot with commenting but with classifying the comments. As maxerickson said we'd have additional votes for adjectives like e.g. "mean", "interesting", "funny" and others, but the hard part would be to choose a meaningful set. I think almost any set would probably feel arbitrary and limiting quickly, so I'd rather stick with very few, very basic ones and see how that goes.
- maxerickson 12y agoI think the bigger problem is what to do with the extra information. In that light, something like "too far off topic" is probably more useful (I think the too far is good there, as a reminder that things probably ought to range a bit).
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]