Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#1

Post by Maro » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 1:16 PM UTC

I miss comment scores.

Perhaps we could strike middle ground by displaying a range, eg. 1, 2-5, 5-10, 10+

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#2

Post by vipivip » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 1:18 PM UTC

+

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#3

Post by brk » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 1:37 PM UTC

One of the things I liked about the Slashdot comment system was that you assigned a rating "Insightful" "Funny" "Helpful", etc.

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#4

Post by iamdave » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 1:45 PM UTC

I found the comment scores a good motivation for thinking about what I'm typing before hitting that 'add comment' button. Good imperative to participate instead of troll.

The opposite is true for others, I'm sure.

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#5

Post by J3L2404 » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 1:47 PM UTC

iamdave wrote: post #4

I found the comment scores a good motivation for thinking about what I'm typing before hitting that 'add comment' button. Good imperative to participate instead of troll. The opposite is true for others, I'm sure.

Adding +1, since you can't tell if the parent comment has been upvoted.

EDIT: this -> parent comment

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#6

Post by iterationx » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 2:04 PM UTC

I like the new system. It discourages winning an argument with numbers. 20 people upvoted the previous comment so that guy must be right.

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#7

Post by sibsibsib » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 2:05 PM UTC

I didn't even notice they were gone at first...

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#8

Post by jplewicke » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

The only place I really miss having them is in older articles and on searchyc.com. I feel a much greater compulsion to engage each comment on its merit when voting and when reading, and I feel like reading HN has become more intellectually stimulating.

However, this is more of a problem when I'm trying to assess information in areas that I'm not already familiar with. If I'm searching for information on which DNS providers are best and I find an Ask HN from 4 months ago, I can no longer tell what the true community consensus on it is. I expect the current masking of comments will provide less biased voting, so I think displaying comment scores on stories that are more than two months old would eventually provide the best of both worlds.

Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#9

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

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Re: Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores

#10

Post by ashleyw » Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

J3L2404 wrote: post #5

iamdave wrote: post #4

I found the comment scores a good motivation for thinking about what I'm typing before hitting that 'add comment' button. Good imperative to participate instead of troll. The opposite is true for others, I'm sure.

Adding +1, since you can't tell if the parent comment has been upvoted. EDIT: this -> parent comment

You can see the points on your own comments.