Comment by hamburglar
12 years ago
Will the comment actually disappear completely, or will it just go into a state where nobody else can see it? It seems like it is 1) useful to be able to see your comments that never got endorsed (to let people build a mental model of what makes the cut and what doesn't), and 2) less confusing than just having stuff mysteriously disappear.
People who can see pending comments (= those who can endorse them) will always be able to see them. They just won't be endorsable after a day.
Hmm... Now I find myself hoping that I never hit 1000 karma so I won't have to wade through all the never-endorsed comments. Could this feature deter high karma users from logging into the site?
If the quality of "showdead" comments is any indication I don't think you have anything to worry about.
(they are perfectly fine most of the time, their light-greyness is in fact more of an annoyance than the actually quite rare racist slur)