Comment sections always go off the rails after a few pages. You must have noticed this. The trolls; they really ruin it.
Got any ideas for how to solve the problen. Here are my ideas:
1.)Aswell as hosting official threads "comments" for each video and article, Escapist magazine could let people quickly form their own subthread within it, with a subtitle like "argument about dick sizes between jimmy and Shalznickle". This subthread would still appear within the official comments section, and it's contributors would still see main thread posts as they argue.. However, normal users could tick a box to not display subthread posts and each subthread post would be picked out with some visual element to show it's difference.
Anyone could still join the subthread and class their comment as a part of it, and receive the label if they wished.
How it'd work: From one click the creators and moderators would get an overlay that asked for a title to the subthread, let you go through selecting comments that are a part of it (which would automatically invite the commentors to your subthread), and let you choose the icon/pattern to label the subthread with.
The first couple of lines of the two comments that set up the argument would still be displayed even if subthreads were disabled for the viewer (just because these bits are likely to capture the pretenses of the argument and still be commenting on the feature. Readers can enable the subthreas to see it if they want.)
2.) Make Branch Threads, which would be branching off from the original. These are for when people don't even want their discussion to interfere with the official thread necessarily, and just want to make one comment and put in a link to your new branch thread.
3.) Make a Passing Comment section which just shows one comment, and you can cycle through in a random order... It's nasty having the simple passing commentary mixed in with all the petty arguments.
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It just seems like the single thread/comments section we have now is over simplifying things a lot. Forums apparently aren't a place convenient or right enough to take their arguments. Surely some of the things I've suggested would help make these threads more constructive for longer, and alleviate a lot of the wank that spews all over the common discussion area.
So... Do I still need to describe it better? Criticisms? Your own ideas?
Got any ideas for how to solve the problen. Here are my ideas:
1.)Aswell as hosting official threads "comments" for each video and article, Escapist magazine could let people quickly form their own subthread within it, with a subtitle like "argument about dick sizes between jimmy and Shalznickle". This subthread would still appear within the official comments section, and it's contributors would still see main thread posts as they argue.. However, normal users could tick a box to not display subthread posts and each subthread post would be picked out with some visual element to show it's difference.
Anyone could still join the subthread and class their comment as a part of it, and receive the label if they wished.
How it'd work: From one click the creators and moderators would get an overlay that asked for a title to the subthread, let you go through selecting comments that are a part of it (which would automatically invite the commentors to your subthread), and let you choose the icon/pattern to label the subthread with.
The first couple of lines of the two comments that set up the argument would still be displayed even if subthreads were disabled for the viewer (just because these bits are likely to capture the pretenses of the argument and still be commenting on the feature. Readers can enable the subthreas to see it if they want.)
2.) Make Branch Threads, which would be branching off from the original. These are for when people don't even want their discussion to interfere with the official thread necessarily, and just want to make one comment and put in a link to your new branch thread.
3.) Make a Passing Comment section which just shows one comment, and you can cycle through in a random order... It's nasty having the simple passing commentary mixed in with all the petty arguments.
*****
It just seems like the single thread/comments section we have now is over simplifying things a lot. Forums apparently aren't a place convenient or right enough to take their arguments. Surely some of the things I've suggested would help make these threads more constructive for longer, and alleviate a lot of the wank that spews all over the common discussion area.
So... Do I still need to describe it better? Criticisms? Your own ideas?
