I seem to be the only voice disagreeing with this being a good thing, but I was actually looking forward to seeing if it decreased comments without thought or information that is useful or relevant or original.
How many moderators are on HN?
It seems to me that unless the vast majority of threads are patrolled fairly quickly it will allow the same behavior, while stopping only a few comments from existing for the general public.
To me this seems like just an expansion of the downvote option, but giving a few an even bigger weight to swing.
Maybe its just an intermediary place between a downvote and a hellban, but I don't know that it is needed.
How many moderators are on HN? It seems to me that unless the vast majority of threads are patrolled fairly quickly it will allow the same behavior, while stopping only a few comments from existing for the general public.
To me this seems like just an expansion of the downvote option, but giving a few an even bigger weight to swing. Maybe its just an intermediary place between a downvote and a hellban, but I don't know that it is needed.