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Comment author: [deleted] 31 August 2012 02:58:47PM *  0 points [-]

Problem:

There are many many polite or on topic posts that are not very good or even inane which hover at 0 or 1 karma. For many readers they simply aren't worth the opportunity cost .

Idea:

Set the default visible level not to 0 but to 2 karma or some such number, much like people can currently set negative comments to unhidden. The exception to this should be when "Sort By" is set to "New".

Comment author: DanArmak 31 August 2012 07:12:16PM 4 points [-]

I think that could severely inhibit the growth of discussion. Every new comment starts at 0 karma, and if some people didn't see those comments they wouldn't get a chance to upvote them, and they would stay at 0.

Comment author: dbaupp 31 August 2012 03:08:13PM 0 points [-]

The exception to this should be when "Sort By" is set to "New".

And when it is set to "Old".

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