FeX: Forum Explorer – Rethinking how we interact with threaded conversations

Re:FeX: Forum Explorer – Rethinking how we interact with thr... by duxup on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:43PM (#19914535)

I like the idea although I can't help but think the visualization sort of draws me to comments with lots of responses....and on HN that is ok.

On sites that heavily rely / encourage getting responses such as Twitter I worry it just encourages posts that are trite, obnoxious and such as those get the most responses.

Granted this is a visualization tool so it's not "responsible" for issues that are largely human / platform issues.

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Re:FeX: Forum Explorer – Rethinking how we interact with thr... by kolinko on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:55PM (#19914625)

+1.

I like that mini-summaries on the left-hand side ("subconversations about XX"), but the graph view seems to prioritise responses with the maximum amount of comments.

E.g. if there is a flame-war going on in one of the subthreads, it will be more visible than a highly rated comment with a few interesting subcomments.

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Re:FeX: Forum Explorer – Rethinking how we interact with thr... by ventedfins on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @11:15PM (#19916102)

I know what y'all mean. As i've used the extension myself I find myself reading a really different type of comments then when i read linearly. It makes it easier to find people have discussions (which are, admittedly, often arguments), and it makes it easier to see when a couple people are just all over the conversation.

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