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Comment author: wedrifid 14 August 2013 02:28:04PM 1 point [-]

This would also solve several recurring drama festivals. Nice suggestion.

It's also a feature that can be implemented as browser plugin if anyone with that skill cares---with or without endorsement from on high.

Comment author: [deleted] 14 August 2013 02:31:45PM 2 points [-]

If A ignores B, should we allow B to respond to the comments of A?

On the one hand, allowing invisible responses gives B the last word in everything.

On the other hand, disallowing invisible responses encourages B to make off-topic responses somewhere else (as followed the wake of the troll tax).

Comment author: wedrifid 14 August 2013 02:39:00PM *  2 points [-]

If A ignores B, should we allow B to respond to the comments of A?

Yes. If other people also do not like B's comments then they are free to ignore B too. If the other readers do like B's responses then chances are A really is speaking bullshit and B correcting them is a desirable outcome.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 18 August 2013 08:49:42PM 0 points [-]

disallowing invisible responses encourages B to make off-topic responses somewhere else (as followed the wake of the troll tax).

I think people stopped doing that later. During the first days of troll tax it felt like a cool rebellion, but later it became merely a trivial inconvenience.