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thenewgreen · 4362 days ago · link · · parent · post: I forgot how much more laid back this place is than most communities.
- . The last great threat will be in the comments section of threads where, due to popularity, a massive horizontal influx of comments of low quality show up in numbers where it is too hard to block that many users (or the comments aren't bad enough to warrant blocking someone you don't know, but they are collectively 'meh' and uninspiring or otherwise not great).
Well, I'd say the majority of insight in comments comes from people you don't know already once a site reaches a massive scale....along with e majority of crap. If you only see who you follow you can't leverage the great many unknown contributors that are often experts in niche areas and minutiae...so I'd personally be wary of this.
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thenewgreen · 4361 days ago · link ·
I would agree with that, if ever something like this existed it would be best used as a toggle. Something to easily switch on/off. The vast majority of the people I end up following happen after I read a comment of theirs. It's the best kind of discovery IMO.