thomblake comments on On Comments, Voting, and Karma - Part I - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 07 April 2009 03:26:21PM 2 points [-]

The only way to improve the quality of discussions is to filter out the bozos. Don't moderate postings; moderate people.

I disagree. Most people who make high-quality comments also make a large number of low-quality comments. Filtering out bad comments is essential if we want the good ones to float to the top.

Comment author: ciphergoth 07 April 2009 04:03:27PM 1 point [-]

Sure, but usually it's only a very few folk who make actively damaging comments - comments that for no reward absorb more time and energy from the community than just the time to read them because of the responses they attract.

Comment author: GuySrinivasan 07 April 2009 04:50:27PM 2 points [-]

I'd like to filter out actively damaging comments and the large number of low-quality comments. Banning only people will not help with that.