Reddit now supports comments

http://reddit.com/info?id=17844

created by Nutshapio on 12/12/2005 at 10:47 UTC

58 upvotes, 21 top-level comments (showing 21)

Comments

Comment by dylanm at 12/12/2005 at 17:35 UTC

7 upvotes, 2 direct replies

An observation: people are beginning to use the comments field to subtitle their submissions.

Comment by [deleted] at 12/12/2005 at 15:00 UTC

12 upvotes, 0 direct replies

On a few occasions, I've voted down highly-ranked junk science articles portraying correlation as causation (http://cr.yp.to/postpropter.html[1]). I've wanted to explain, but of course, I couldn't.

1: http://cr.yp.to/postpropter.html

Reddit now has more opportunity to become something like a self-aware community. I have also wondered sometimes why articles have a high rank, and wondered what others were thinking about it.

The web brings you the world, and I can't think of anything better than people thinking about it, writing about it, and having a dialog. It engages the mind, shares insights, and people like "talking."

Comment by sempf at 12/12/2005 at 23:20 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Why yes, indeed it does!

Nice addition, gentlemen!

Comment by lisp-hacker at 13/12/2005 at 00:42 UTC

6 upvotes, 2 direct replies

In my opinion, the only good part of Slashdot is the comments, so this is a welcome addition for me. It is the editors on Slashdot that seem to be the problem. Most of the time, the comments are more interesting than the linked articles.

Comment by borland at 12/12/2005 at 18:47 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

At least the comments are non-intrusive. I liked the fact that reddit wasn't polluted with comments and stuff - remember to keep the interface *clean*

Comment by schwarzwald at 13/12/2005 at 00:52 UTC

6 upvotes, 3 direct replies

here's something i've wanted to know. how is reddit a business? how does it make money?

Comment by theycallmemorty at 12/12/2005 at 13:46 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I would like it better if I could 'open and close' the list of comments on an article without leaving the main page.

Or atleast the 4-5 highest rated comments.

Comment by [deleted] at 12/12/2005 at 14:05 UTC

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by dylanm at 12/12/2005 at 13:35 UTC

3 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Wonderful! And it supports a limited amount of markup. I hope that the discussions will be respectful and edifying. It would be nice if the number of comments an entry had were displayed in the list view, and if the comment entry box were a bit larger (or resizeable). Oh, and does comment activity make something "hotter"?

Personally, I thought about leaving the site because the interaction that karma offers is pretty cold -- I certainly don't like seeing (-2) next to my name, and I feel like the negative ratings on legitimate articles are going to discourage some people. How are you guys rating articles? I tend to promote articles that I find interesting, leave alone things which are not of interest to me, and only demote articles which are old or obviously spam.

Comment by [deleted] at 12/12/2005 at 14:08 UTC

3 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Now I want feature that lets me see all of a particular user's comments. :D

Comment by charlieb at 12/12/2005 at 12:46 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

There's nothing like simplicity and not following the crowd. I for one welcome our new comment spam overlords. Oh and by the way;

1. Come up with a great simple idea

2. Wait for a degree of popularity and media attention

3. Add unnecessary features

4. Profit.

Is this what you want?

Comment by charlieb at 12/12/2005 at 13:51 UTC

2 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Have you read slashdot lately? There are no comments on the front-page there either but their tone and idocy seeps through so even the real news stories are presented to a 4th grade reading level. And yes, I am a snob. I like reddit's emphasis on technical matters and programming but it not going to last long now. I guess it's the price of popularity. I wonder how long it'll be before there's some social networking options, "mckirkus has submitted links similar yours would you like to ask this person on a date?"

Comment by tcervl at 12/12/2005 at 13:56 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

noooooooooooooo

Comment by [deleted] at 06/02/2006 at 21:08 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 12/12/2005 at 16:57 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yeah, they aren't bad...but the current design for whatever reason makes it extremely difficult to read these comments.