Comment by jpwagner
9 years ago
Thank you, these are all fantastic except #4.
The problem with the story-hide feature is that some days you may think something is not interesting from the title, but then an hour later there are 100 comments.
edit: A solution is not "well then don't use the hide feature" - Because this feature is site-wide, in some cases, that momentum would never occur.
I have mixed feelings about that feature too and am not sure if we should keep it or not. It felt like it was worth trying, though. For one thing, it's a stealth way of getting more people to look at page 2.
I'm using it only to hide obvious spam from the newest page that is already [dead]. It is boring to review the newest page later and see again all the spam. I hope this help me to find a the good stories.
I don't think it will do any harm. If 100 people comment on something I'm not interested in, it's rare indeed that my opinion would change to find it interesting. Granted, all this means is that I'm part of the target demographic for the "hide" feature. I like it. Although it's going to play havoc with my super-advanced self-discipline system, which is the break at the end of page 1!