. 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).
What if you had the ability to see only the comments made by people that you follow? I don't see a need for this right now, but if Hubski had the sort of traffic you're alluding to, that could be a useful way to maintain the integrity of your experience.
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.
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.