RFC: Comment Policy: A better Idea

Posted Nov 21, 2004 0:01 UTC (Sun) by jlarry (guest, #4256)
In reply to: RFC: Proposed comment policy change by proski
Parent article: RFC: Proposed comment policy change

I've waded through many comments, but this one stands out. I second proski's idea. Let the subscriber's responses determine if a non-subscriber's posting gets seen by other non-subscribers. It avoids fragmenting, and effectively lets the subscribers edit out trolls by simply ignoring them. Good comments by non-subscribers would elicit replies, and therefore get 'promoted' and seen by all. One thing more: it might be difficult, but you might consider passing a cookie to non-subscribing posters so they could see their own postings. (Considering how I dislike cookies, that alone would keep me renewing my subscription!)