← Back to context Comment by phpnode 11 hours ago it's about the comments / votes ratio. 2 comments phpnode Reply CWwdcdk7h 5 hours ago To be more specific, it is a heuristic for detecting flamewars and/or controversial topics and it is quite good at that. swyx 3 hours ago why exactly do we want to damp flamewars by comment count? as long as an individual comment fits the rules why do we punish comments in aggregate
CWwdcdk7h 5 hours ago To be more specific, it is a heuristic for detecting flamewars and/or controversial topics and it is quite good at that. swyx 3 hours ago why exactly do we want to damp flamewars by comment count? as long as an individual comment fits the rules why do we punish comments in aggregate
swyx 3 hours ago why exactly do we want to damp flamewars by comment count? as long as an individual comment fits the rules why do we punish comments in aggregate
To be more specific, it is a heuristic for detecting flamewars and/or controversial topics and it is quite good at that.
why exactly do we want to damp flamewars by comment count? as long as an individual comment fits the rules why do we punish comments in aggregate