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mk  ·  1552 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Wait, are we doing it wrong? [Potential major Hubski experiment]

    I'll say this: if I've blocked someone? And you decide they can comment on my posts anyway? I'm not going to post.

I think that could be a toggle. Personally, I don't care if comments on my posts go unanswered if the general understanding is that I might not have seen it. But it seems right that if you posts something, you could choose to see all responses if you like. It'd probably go the same for comments.





kleinbl00  ·  1552 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You are now making the mechanics and dynamics even more obscure.

I really don't see what problem you're trying to solve here. Effectively you're getting rid of our ability to control comment spam.

mk  ·  1552 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Effectively you're getting rid of our ability to control comment spam.

One of my main jobs atm is removing comment spam that slips through which annoys people. I don't expect that I will be removing less, but that it will annoy people less.

kleinbl00  ·  1552 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is not a healthy approach in my opinion. The site doesn't run without you and you're opting to increase your toil and drudgery for little added benefit.

I would much rather your main job to be doing stuff that is fun. Off the top of my head, what if new accounts had a "spam" button as well as "promote" and if "spam" gets hit a half-dozen times without "promote" getting hit, the comment gets removed? And if an account gets, say, ten comments removed it shows up wherever you look for such stuff to give you the option to remove the user?