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If post writers are going to edit comments, then they have to read them. I even have doubts that that happens in many cases.
Futhermore, it's virtually impossible to follow a thread that's started with a blog article. Parts of tha thread may appear in the comments, in other folks blogs, in the comments there, and sometimes somewhere that you don't even know exists.
My summary: for cheerleading and the things you mentioned, blogs might be OK. For discussions, they suck.
Futhermore, it's virtually impossible to follow a thread that's started with a blog article. Parts of tha thread may appear in the comments, in other folks blogs, in the comments there, and sometimes somewhere that you don't even know exists.
My summary: for cheerleading and the things you mentioned, blogs might be OK. For discussions, they suck.
I agree that blog writers shouldn't and wouldn't edit comments actively. All they can do is occasionally trim or prop-up here and there on ad-hoc basis. The rest, if possible, must be done by the readers.
@Don:
That would have been part of my PMX project (I have never had enough time to formalize it, and start writing anything serious about it). In my "vision":
1) everything in the system is a piece of document, written by an author.
2) every author could attach some personal metadata to already existing document (such as "vote it" or "tag it" or else).
3) the system would have then had the responsibility to move, copy and share the documents and the metadata among the peers.
A sort of really p2p usenet.
But then something else found my attention.
@Numberbot:
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That would have been part of my PMX project (I have never had enough time to formalize it, and start writing anything serious about it). In my "vision":
1) everything in the system is a piece of document, written by an author.
2) every author could attach some personal metadata to already existing document (such as "vote it" or "tag it" or else).
3) the system would have then had the responsibility to move, copy and share the documents and the metadata among the peers.
A sort of really p2p usenet.
But then something else found my attention.
@Numberbot:
You and your family too.
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Whether comment support is essential for blogs or not, I think blog comments can be improved on. Simple list of comments is just too flat and boring. And best comments tend to be buried in a pile of me toos, silly jokes, and troll craps.
I think post writer should be able to highlight comments they like so they stand out. Post writer should also be able to exile comments they don't like to a secondary unindexed comment page where comments from unverified commenters can go as well.
I also think post readers should also be able to 'favorite' comments, digg-in-a-bucket like.
Just dumping ideas to reduce brain fart before starting work. ;-p