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we need comment filters instead because its even harder to sift throughu 100+ comments.
Maybe limit the maximum reply depth? (to 4 or something well low)?
what would this solve? I'd rather see an un-vote option.
we need comment filters instead because its even harder to sift throughu 100+ comments.
Agreed. One of the best things about HN IMO is the comments and the community. However some comment threads are too big. Maybe limit the maximum reply depth? (to 4 or something well low)?
Even ordinary web forums are atrociously primitive in comparison, and HN comments are even more primitive than that. The simplicity might arguably be an advantage for very short threads. But for long threads the lack of features can be a nightmare.
At the very least I'd like the HN interface to flag which comments are new since the last time I refreshed the page. That way I don't have to manually reread many dozens of comments in the longer threads while trying to remember which comments I've already read.. and do this over and over and over again as I reload the page.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/favikis_social_bookmark...
Can we have a built-in search engine first?
The whole idea of hacker news is to keep things simple. I enjoying spending time on this community. I find tags creating clutter. One person will tag "C" other "C programming" and someone else "Programming in C".
But it might be at least partially solvable by offering the user a choice between existing tags before allowing him to type in his own phrasing.
Or, once the user has typed in his own phrasing, a search could be done on existing tags and the user could be presented with a list of matching tags to pick from.
But only if I can block specific tags. I would also suggest the application of default tags, such as "n00b" when the article is posted by someone with less than (total_age_of_hn / 5), "anonymous" (with strong flag bias) when the account is less than a day old, "oldie" when it's a dupe that was reposted. Anyone would suggest more?
I'd like to be able to ignore gadget porn (here's this new iPad cover!) by default, and weigh the programming/science/DIY hacking/design topics higher.
The whole idea of hacker news is to keep things simple. I enjoying spending time on this community. I find tags creating clutter. One person will tag "C" other "C programming" and someone else "Programming in C".
That's an interesting objection. But it might be at least partially solvable by offering the user a choice between existing tags before allowing him to type in his own phrasing. Or, once the user has typed in his own phrasing, a search could be done on existing tags and the user could be presented with a list of matching tags to pick from.