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Idea #10422: Vote on Comments

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #8213: Brainstorm comment rating system.
Written by DanRabbit the 28 Jun 08 at 13:48. Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com. Status: New
Rationale
Sometimes a person submits a comment that is particularly insightful and may clarify or embellish upon the idea. With comment voting, we'd be able to (like digg.com) hide comments that are not worthwhile, and make the ones that really count stand out to readers.


PS. I'm sure this is already an idea somewhere, but the dupe checking is broken and I can't find it...
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Written by DanRabbit the 28 Jun 08 at 13:48.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 28 Jun 08 at 17:16
But then everybody would vote down my comments, when I am an asshole.

Primož Papič wrote on the 28 Jun 08 at 18:21
@Eldmannen: You should try not being an asshole :D

I think this would be good, as sometimes some comments are really good and deserve to get +1 for them.

Maybe the comments voting would not have influence on overall statistic, but rather have it's own statistic.

And when viewing comments there should be a possibility show only "good" comments, "bad" comments" or all comments.
So you could see the comments that are really good and constructive.

This would also mean that comments shouldn't be deleted no more, as they are now, they could be marked as spam instead.
Like in YouTube.
+1

Primož Papič wrote on the 28 Jun 08 at 21:19
I was thinking and a problem with comment voting came up.
Should votes be cast also by the poster of comment?
I see no point in this, but it might be hard to program this.
Also how much programming is reacquired for making comments voting a reality??

rainwalker wrote on the 28 Jun 08 at 21:51
Are you talking about a system similar to Digg's comment system?

deadowl wrote on the 29 Jun 08 at 03:34
I honestly don't see the need to be able to vote on comments. There aren't that many of them, and it's currently not a hassle to read through all of the comments on most ideas.

Auzy wrote on the 29 Jun 08 at 04:35
I think we should be able to mark some comments as possibly incorrect. THere have been a few I have seen which have been so off track with so many assumptions, that they should have actually been deleted

DanRabbit wrote on the 30 Jun 08 at 03:02
@ rainwalker

yea, voting on comments and being able to reply to comments would be great.

@ Auzy

I agree wholeheartedly.


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