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rrwhite on Jan 7, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Encouraged Commentary (cool use of jQuery to enhan...

Cool but I don't know if it's a net positive.

I'd be concerned that by making it so easy for users to respond that actual discussion will be stifled because you won't be forced to actually scroll past all the comments to post something.

Read Joel Spolsky's essay on community software design (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BuildingCommunitieswi...)

cosmo7 on Jan 7, 2009 [–]

I'd quite like a comment system that requires users to solve a series of logic and verbal reasoning problems before being able to submit.

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