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  1. Comment on Comment tags have been re-enabled to experiment with, input wanted on plans in ~tildes.official

    DinoSoros
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    Oh, I had no idea. Thanks for clarifying! That definitely makes self-moderation a lot more viable.

    Oh, I had no idea. Thanks for clarifying! That definitely makes self-moderation a lot more viable.

  2. Comment on Comment tags have been re-enabled to experiment with, input wanted on plans in ~tildes.official

    DinoSoros
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    I think that's a bit naive, frankly. Tildes will get bigger, new users will come in and won't care to read any reddiquette-equivalent on how to use tags. And with any sufficient amount of people,...

    I think that's a bit naive, frankly. Tildes will get bigger, new users will come in and won't care to read any reddiquette-equivalent on how to use tags. And with any sufficient amount of people, there will always be plenty of bad apples that abuse systems like this. Any reddit moderator has experienced the absurd reports people make just because something has itched them the wrong way, and of course downvotes have changed their meaning completely from "this is low-quality content that doesn't contribute to discussion" to "I don't care how much effort the author put into this, I disagree with it and so it should have negative points!"

    So we have to be extremely careful with any negative tags that have automatic effects. I think ideally the tagging system should be mainly a "horizontal" one, i.e. just a way of categorising comments to make it easier for users to tailor their experience (i.e. with or without pun threads, with or without things tagged as "tw.rape", etc.), and actual negative tags should be approved by moderators, which also gives them the option to remove a comment right away when warranted.

  3. Comment on Comment tags have been re-enabled to experiment with, input wanted on plans in ~tildes.official

    DinoSoros
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    I don't think it's a different system at all, I think it's exactly what they have in mind with Tildes. Have you read this? Quote: Everyone here seems to be focusing on the "downvote with a reason"...

    I don't think it's a different system at all, I think it's exactly what they have in mind with Tildes. Have you read this? Quote:

    Tags will also make it possible to support various methods of filtering comment threads, such as both "show this thread without jokes" and "show only jokes from this thread".

    Overall, voting on a comment should mean something like "this is a good comment and I think other people should read it", while tagging a comment adds more information. With the combination of both, you can express things like "this is a good comment, even though it's off-topic", and "this is a joke, but it's a good one".

    Everyone here seems to be focusing on the "downvote with a reason" aspect, but forgetting that that's only one aspect of comment tags.

    The other tags also aren't necessarily value judgements, e.g. others have pointed out that the "noise" tag would be used for helpful and good-faith corrections that are simply no longer relevant for a new reader once the original post has been edited.

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  4. Comment on Comment tags have been re-enabled to experiment with, input wanted on plans in ~tildes.official

    DinoSoros
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    I'd argue that what is or isn't appropriately placed humour is completely subjective and therefore a "joke" tag is perfectly adequate for what tags are meant to do: give readers a choice about...

    I'd argue that what is or isn't appropriately placed humour is completely subjective and therefore a "joke" tag is perfectly adequate for what tags are meant to do: give readers a choice about what comments they want to see. There's no value judgement in it, it's just: "this is a joke; filter it out if you're interested in serious replies only."

    5 votes