...where registered users see submissions that are pending and can vote them up or down (I suggest it be named Purgatory), then either do not allow comments or else retain any and all comments made when the submission is converted into a story.
Surely there is some value in allowing comments that pertain not to the story itself, but to the submission about the story - whether it should be posted to the front page, and in what state?
Comments like:
"this is a dupe of the submission from an hour ago, but has a better summary. Just don't post them both" and
"Before posting, reword the 2nd sentence as follows..." and
"we just had another story about a different aspect of this, so it might be worth holding this for a few days" etc..
I don't see a problem with it as long as it is clearly stated that comments won't be transferred across. If people are itching to get the main discussion under way, maybe have a feature that allows them to be notified if & when the submission they are commenting on gets published? Or just encourage them to keep an eye on the RSS/Atom(?)/Twitter feed?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by unitron on Wednesday March 05 2014, @04:06AM
...where registered users see submissions that are pending and can vote them up or down (I suggest it be named Purgatory), then either do not allow comments or else retain any and all comments made when the submission is converted into a story.
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(Score: 2) by Open4D on Sunday March 16 2014, @04:32PM
Surely there is some value in allowing comments that pertain not to the story itself, but to the submission about the story - whether it should be posted to the front page, and in what state?
Comments like:
I don't see a problem with it as long as it is clearly stated that comments won't be transferred across. If people are itching to get the main discussion under way, maybe have a feature that allows them to be notified if & when the submission they are commenting on gets published? Or just encourage them to keep an eye on the RSS/Atom(?)/Twitter feed?