http://kynthiabru.net/blog/archives/49 Sat, 19 May 2012 11:34:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://kynthiabru.net/blog/archives/49#comment-26 kynthia Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:42:30 +0000 http://kynthiabru.net/blog/archives/49#comment-26 as a note: i wish there was an easy way to reference Just the comments that talked about wikipedia, and that makes me think about the mixed blessing and horror that is a page full of comments. why can't they be grouped together into threads, or otherwise associated with one another so that people would be more easily discouraged against saying the same flipping things over and over just because they don't read other people's thoughts (and sometimes they can't really be expected to - it can take hours!) before throwing out their two cents? hell, what if it even worked so that you could write your kneejerk reaction just to vent, and then it would list the relevant comments before you submit the post, like an enhanced preview mode. then you could skim those comments to see if you want to take anything back or address any points you overlooked. that would be fun. as a note: i wish there was an easy way to reference Just the comments that talked about wikipedia, and that makes me think about the mixed blessing and horror that is a page full of comments.
why can’t they be grouped together into threads, or otherwise associated with one another so that people would be more easily discouraged against saying the same flipping things over and over just because they don’t read other people’s thoughts (and sometimes they can’t really be expected to - it can take hours!) before throwing out their two cents?
hell, what if it even worked so that you could write your kneejerk reaction just to vent, and then it would list the relevant comments before you submit the post, like an enhanced preview mode. then you could skim those comments to see if you want to take anything back or address any points you overlooked. that would be fun.

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