Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
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Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#2on a somewhat related note; any chance of getting points on comments back? My personal opinion is that it degrades the site tremendously not to be able to skim through a thread and see which comments others have deemed interesting/noteworthy/insightful by upvoting them.
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#3on a somewhat related note; any chance of getting points on comments back? My personal opinion is that it degrades the site tremendously not to be able to skim through a thread and see which comments others have deemed interesting/noteworthy/insightful by upvoting them.
It would be nice to have some indication. When reading down the page it would be nice to know what the interesting comments that happen to be on low-rated threads are.
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#4on a somewhat related note; any chance of getting points on comments back? My personal opinion is that it degrades the site tremendously not to be able to skim through a thread and see which comments others have deemed interesting/noteworthy/insightful by upvoting them.
I like seeing comment points but I'm not sure that it's a good thing to display them. Threads are already sorted by comment score so that the best comments are close to the top - I'm not sure what additional benefit comes from seeing the actual snapshot numbers aside from sheer curiosity.
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#5on a somewhat related note; any chance of getting points on comments back? My personal opinion is that it degrades the site tremendously not to be able to skim through a thread and see which comments others have deemed interesting/noteworthy/insightful by upvoting them.
comments are still displayed based on their score: if a comment is at the top and ~1 hour old you can assume it's well rated.
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#6May I ask too to modify the bestcomments page? It should weight less on upvotes and more on time, currently I check everyday and it doesn't change that much.
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#7on a somewhat related note; any chance of getting points on comments back? My personal opinion is that it degrades the site tremendously not to be able to skim through a thread and see which comments others have deemed interesting/noteworthy/insightful by upvoting them.
I would really like to see comments I have upvoted... There are bunch of wise comments somewhere, that I have read, upvoted, and forgot.
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#8May I ask too to modify the bestcomments page? It should weight less on upvotes and more on time, currently I check everyday and it doesn't change that much.
Hey there, really dumb question = me, but where would i find the best comments page?
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#9on a somewhat related note; any chance of getting points on comments back? My personal opinion is that it degrades the site tremendously not to be able to skim through a thread and see which comments others have deemed interesting/noteworthy/insightful by upvoting them.
I like seeing comment points but I'm not sure that it's a good thing to display them. Threads are already sorted by comment score so that the best comments are close to the top - I'm not sure what additional benefit comes from seeing the actual snapshot numbers aside from sheer curiosity.
I agree. Also it creates a halo effect. And creates more incentive to click either up or down depending on how you view the number relative to your own opinion. Not having a count gives new comments a chance (since you don't automatically look at the "minutes ago" part). So a new comment can be not at the bottom giving it a chance to gain more exposure even though it has no points.
Re: Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"?
#10May I ask too to modify the bestcomments page? It should weight less on upvotes and more on time, currently I check everyday and it doesn't change that much.
Hey there, really dumb question = me, but where would i find the best comments page?