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mk  ·  4532 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Little Kingdoms
Hm. I think the problem with making ignoring a two-way street is that it would have to force unfollowing, (if the user followed you) which IMO is a bit combative.

If we were to enable blocking of specific users from commenting on your posts, I think we would also need to make the list of users that you block public. Also, I think the block would only function on your own posts, and not on replies to your comments on other’s posts.

The question IMHO, is whether what is gained from this is worth what is lost. Trolling will be greatly diminished, which would be a boon; however, I wonder if people will avoid users that ban too liberally, which would be an important counter to abusive blocking. I like that the system puts power in the hands of hubskiers, but I wonder to what extent the community would allow it to be abused.

Importantly, I don’t think a poster should be able to delete another’s comments. The most they could do is prevent future ones.





thenewgreen  ·  4532 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Right now, if you "ignore" someone, do their comments fall to the bottom of the comment thread automatically?
mk  ·  4532 days ago  ·  link  ·  
No. It's been the working plan, however. The only problem, is that it would only really work with top comments in the thread. You wouldn't want a troll reply to send a great comment down to the bottom.
thenewgreen  ·  4532 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Maybe just the troll reply goes to the bottom and you can click "see in context", if you want to get your "troll on".
mk  ·  4532 days ago  ·  link  ·  
TBH I think that could become a formatting nightmare. If possible, I'd like to avoid schemes that break the comment threads.

One other thought: although you might not see the ignored comment, everyone else does, and therefore it can still disrupt the conversation.

speeding_snail  ·  4532 days ago  ·  link  ·  
How about a collapsed comment? So you can ignore the comment, but if it is important for the conversation, you can expand it and read it. A bit like Reddit with comments under the treshold.
mk  ·  4532 days ago  ·  link  ·  
That's not a bad idea, but I am not sure if it really discourages trollish behavior.