It's time to head back to RSS?

Re:It's time to head back to RSS? by username223 on Saturday March 31, 2018 @06:09AM (#16722654)

Don't most blogging platforms have the option to email replies? In any case, I prefer a bit of friction in the comment process, since it discourages people from "shooting off" without thinking.

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Re:It's time to head back to RSS? by keypress on Saturday March 31, 2018 @06:21AM (#16722680)

Usenet with dial-up was good for this. You'd compose your reply, then look it back up, read over, amend, perhaps delete or send later. It made for more considered responses.

I've noticed with HN it's very swarm-like and transient these days. Comment following is also difficult without some thread control. At a minimum you need collapsible threads. Too much to read, don't bother, say something that's been said already - and add to the noise. Or have a bypassed dangling leaf comment.

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Re:It's time to head back to RSS? by icebraining on Saturday March 31, 2018 @07:45AM (#16722880)

HN has collapsible threads nowadays (it's the [-] symbol on the post header).

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Re:It's time to head back to RSS? by keypress on Saturday March 31, 2018 @08:40AM (#16723044)

Oh bloody hell, I never figured that out. Used to use some js for that.

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