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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by throw_a_say on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:09PM (#25435295)
A slightly modified version would be to delay on post depth (assuming less depth = more delay)

If you take it to the extreme, a youtube video being posted and everyone having to wait 5 minutes to comment, there is enough people that will see it at 4.30 to have a visceral reaction and post inflammatory comments. You can extend that down to each level of comments.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by steveklabnik on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:08PM (#25435867)
HN already does this to some degree, the "reply" button is hidden as you get deeper into a tree of comments.

You can, of course, click on the timestamp and see it anyway, so it's more of a speedbump for folks who don't know all of the details of how the forum works than a true delay, though.

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