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Experiment: No Comment Scores

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Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#11
post #2

Interesting experiment. I thought I was going crazy all of a sudden. A suggestion: Any chance the numbers could show later as the article gets older? I'd like to see how the votes resolved after some time. Or perhaps hide them only on front page articles?

"I thought I was going crazy all of a sudden." heh! so did I . I actually asked a friend to look at it and tell me if he saw what I was seeing! (Long day, too much code, off to bed) EDIT: I tried to vote up the comment above and got a "Can't make that vote" message. Then I tried to vote down a comment and got the same message. Bug? EDIT2: Now I get a blank page on upvoting. I guess PG has a REPL open and is changing…

On a related note, I noticed that I'm just being shown a blank page after voting, rather than redirecting to the original discussion.

Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#13
post #5

I can still see the score on the "edit" page, which means I can still edit my post to whine about being downmodded. Since nobody knows the degree that I am being downmodded to (or corrected to), people might upvote more than they should. (I have also noticed that people don't stop upmodding even if the score is visible. I got 80 points yesterday on a one-line comment poking fun at Joel Spolsky. WTF?) Just like when t…

Fixed.

I didn't see the comment you mention, but that is exactly the sort of thing I meant about voting starting to have a mob feel.

Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#14

It looks like pg is still in the middle of changing things. A moment ago I could see other people's comments' scores in the replies on my "threads" page; now I can't.

I have noticed things changing around too.

I hear there is this thing called a "dev server"...

Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#15

Any chance we can see scores when we're looking at our own comments section? Often when I notice a bump in my karma I look at my comment threads to see what was so popular.

I am not alone in the world! And to register this, I clicked the up arrow next to the comment above me, but it redirected me to a blank page. (Chrome, Windows Vista.)

Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#16
post #15

Any chance we can see scores when we're looking at our own comments section? Often when I notice a bump in my karma I look at my comment threads to see what was so popular.

I am not alone in the world! And to register this, I clicked the up arrow next to the comment above me, but it redirected me to a blank page. (Chrome, Windows Vista.)

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Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#17

It looks like pg is still in the middle of changing things. A moment ago I could see other people's comments' scores in the replies on my "threads" page; now I can't.

I have noticed things changing around too. I hear there is this thing called a "dev server"...

The lack of a dev server is what separates a "hacker" from a "software engineer". Besides, who hasn't gotten a thrill from tinkering with a live site?

Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#18
post #15

Any chance we can see scores when we're looking at our own comments section? Often when I notice a bump in my karma I look at my comment threads to see what was so popular.

I am not alone in the world! And to register this, I clicked the up arrow next to the comment above me, but it redirected me to a blank page. (Chrome, Windows Vista.)

Hmm, will investigate.

Re: Experiment: No Comment Scores

#20
post #15

Any chance we can see scores when we're looking at our own comments section? Often when I notice a bump in my karma I look at my comment threads to see what was so popular.

I am not alone in the world! And to register this, I clicked the up arrow next to the comment above me, but it redirected me to a blank page. (Chrome, Windows Vista.)

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