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A followup on comment policyA followup on comment policyPosted Nov 22, 2004 18:19 UTC (Mon) by larryr (guest, #4030)Parent article: A followup on comment policy
The problem of noise posts on LWN really is not all that bad. Not yet, at least. I guess "all that bad" can be defined arbitrarily. In my particular case I would say it is close to bad enough that I am less inclined to read, and thus pay for a subscription to, LWN. The overall sense we got from the posted comments is that silencing the non-subscribing commenters is an overreaction to a small problem. I would say that silencing non-subscribing commenters is a non-solution to any problem, including what I consider the significant problem of not providing any mechanism for subscribers to apply filters to the comments, for example filters based on ratings given to the comments by people who have read them. Larry
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A followup on comment policy Posted Nov 22, 2004 20:33 UTC (Mon) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link] > I guess "all that bad" can be defined arbitrarily. In my particular caseI would say it is close to bad enough that I am less inclined to read, and thus pay for a subscription to, LWN. There's always an option of not clicking on the "Comments" link and just reading the editorial content... :-)
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