i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • MadWorks
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    171 year ago

    The problem is that it’s just inherent in a community. It can, and probably will, happen here at some point and probably already has to some extent. People will naturally gravitate towards like minded “in-groups” and, given enough time, that will expand into its own echo chamber.

    • @Buddahriffic
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      21 year ago

      I think it might help to differentiate “I disagree” and “I don’t like this” downvotes from “this thing is a waste of resources” or “I don’t care what this person has to say, they are an asshole that I don’t want to interact with” ones. Comment filtering should use the latter rather than the former.

      Allowing controversial comments to still be a part of the conversation without a “this isn’t popular!” target painted on them might avoid the echo chamber effect while still giving users a way to passively disagree.