He wrote, "The problem has several components: comments that are (a) mean and/or (b) dumb that (c) get massively upvoted."
The current experiment of not showing comment scores on comment threads started even more recently. My guess on the timing is that the current experiment (and perhaps other experiments) will continue until it is clear what kind of settings on HN do the best to encourage all of us to upvote good comments (that's the crucial step) and NOT upvote mean or dumb comments. Check the bestcomments view of HN content
to get a look from time to time at what comments are receiving the most upvotes.
P.S. Please help everyone's filtering (which is still reflected in comment vertical placement in a thread) by upvoting the comments that the most thoughtful and informative.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403696
He wrote, "The problem has several components: comments that are (a) mean and/or (b) dumb that (c) get massively upvoted."
The current experiment of not showing comment scores on comment threads started even more recently. My guess on the timing is that the current experiment (and perhaps other experiments) will continue until it is clear what kind of settings on HN do the best to encourage all of us to upvote good comments (that's the crucial step) and NOT upvote mean or dumb comments. Check the bestcomments view of HN content
http://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments
to get a look from time to time at what comments are receiving the most upvotes.
P.S. Please help everyone's filtering (which is still reflected in comment vertical placement in a thread) by upvoting the comments that the most thoughtful and informative.