Re:New Comment Features
by unalone on Thursday February 05, 2009 @02:25AM
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Not username. That would make it harder to know when you're having a back-and-forth, and that changes the nature of the discussion. Removing points would be a good idea, though - is there any advantage to having that visible beforehand?
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knowing you're having a back and forth with the same person is one cause of long flame wars. not knowing who you're talking to keeps things less emotional and more polite. i think.
the advantage of seeing points is the same as seeing orange usernames. it allows people to decide which comments they want to read.
Nah. Think about 4chan. When you remove usernames you encourage trolling more than you do lengthy responses.
I think if you're going to read, you might as well read everything that isn't grayed out with downvotes.