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  • (Score: 2) by Open4D on Sunday March 16 2014, @04:32PM

    by Open4D (371) on Sunday March 16 2014, @04:32PM (#17203) Journal

    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?

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