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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Why is editing/deleting old comments enabled?
Noticed a few times when deletion/editing of old comments resulted quite funny/annoying/baffling comment-threads.
Is there a special reason for this being enabled? |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1085 |
Quote: if those discussions were actually release specific, then it'd be ok i guess :) its just that they usually quickly spin off into something completely offtopic.
(however, back to the original question ... =P)
can you give a recent example where it all went wrong? |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 942 |
There's also the method of allowing people to edit/delete their comments as long as they are logged in and remove the option when they log out. This is ofcourse only usefull if I get logged out automatically when I close the session, which I prefer as well. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11352 |
the windows vs linux crap in the project one entry is a good example (although a good bunch of "bad" comments have been removed there already, so you probably cant really see all the mess). also the attacks on vanja in one of her recent pictures.
however, IMHO the biggest problem is that "letting users delete/edit previous comments" and "general discussing in comments as if it'd be a forum thread" don't go together well. or at all :) it'd be much less of a mess when it'd be a regular thread. |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 942 |
When making a comment in real life, you can't edit it afterwards either. What's said, is said. Only by making an additional comment you can try to undo the damage. (if you're not a psycho boy that wants to do damage, that is) |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11352 |
hein: thats exactly my argument too. if you changed your opinion, just say so. there is nothing wrong with it. quite the contrary, it could even be quite interisting to see how and why people changed their view on a certain release over time. |
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wreg
Account closed
Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 679 |
to me, the comments are there to enable me getting a few user-judgements about a release without having to read endless discussions
that is why we have seperate areas to either leave a single comment or discuss the release... |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quote: can you give a recent example where it all went wrong?
There you go. Actually I am also guilty for the discussion going too far but my gentle little soul got quite upset. :) |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1085 |
Quote: the windows vs linux crap in the project one entry is a good example (although a good bunch of "bad" comments have been removed there already, so you probably cant really see all the mess). also the attacks on vanja in one of her recent pictures.
however, IMHO the biggest problem is that "letting users delete/edit previous comments" and "general discussing in comments as if it'd be a forum thread" don't go together well. or at all :) it'd be much less of a mess when it'd be a regular thread.
thanks, I hope there are dozens more examples from the last 12 months, otherwise I don't really see why we are discussing this ;)
just checked the P1 comments and it looks like it was properly cleaned (getting rid of offtopic bullshit is not the same as censorship btw;)
anyway, I actually dont really mind of the edit/delete comment functionality is disabled, but only if there are problems with serious abuse at least once a month ;) |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11352 |
Quote:
getting rid of offtopic bullshit is not the same as censorship btw
good to hear =P
i think part of the problem is how comments are presented. right now there is little difference between a forum thread and the comments, which not surprisingly leads to comments beeing used similar. one way to transform comments more into something like wreg said (and i think so too) could be to only display one comment at a time, randomly. |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quoting Groepazone way to transform comments more into something like wreg said (and i think so too) could be to only display one comment at a time, randomly.
Or what about displaying ALL comments in random order? That would be an awesome experience in some cases! :D |
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