Relatedly, some comments could be marked as “only readable by the author”, because it’s a remark about sensitive information. For example, feedback on someone’s writing style or a warning about information hazards when the warning itself is also an information hazard. A risk of this feature is that it will be overused, which reduces how much information is spread to all the readers.
Forgive me if I’m being slow, but wouldn’t private messages (already in the LW2 codebase) accomplish this?
Yes you’re right and I had not thought of it. I still think private commenting has a slight benefit because it lowers the barrier (I frequently comment on posts, but wouldn’t send someone a private message). However, I don’t think the benefit is big enough to put effort into.
Forgive me if I’m being slow, but wouldn’t private messages (already in the LW2 codebase) accomplish this?
Yes you’re right and I had not thought of it. I still think private commenting has a slight benefit because it lowers the barrier (I frequently comment on posts, but wouldn’t send someone a private message). However, I don’t think the benefit is big enough to put effort into.