The EA forum team should be able to import lesswrong’s in-line commenting system, if there’s demand for that. I.e., you select some text in the post, you can comment on it directly, then the comments appear at the bottom and also at the side if they have enough upvotes.
I’m in favor. Mostly because it seems mildly useful, not because there are very big upsides outweighing big downsides. I don’t really see what the downsides would be.
Perhaps the main downside is people may overuse the feature and it encourages people to spend time making small comments, whereas the current system nudges people towards leaving fewer more substantive comments and less nit-picky ones? Not sure if this has been an issue on LW, I don’t read it as much.
The EA forum team should be able to import lesswrong’s in-line commenting system, if there’s demand for that. I.e., you select some text in the post, you can comment on it directly, then the comments appear at the bottom and also at the side if they have enough upvotes.
+1 on we should be able to implement this. I welcome takes for and against (I think the team has been split on this, personally I’m quite pro).
I’m in favor. Mostly because it seems mildly useful, not because there are very big upsides outweighing big downsides. I don’t really see what the downsides would be.
Perhaps the main downside is people may overuse the feature and it encourages people to spend time making small comments, whereas the current system nudges people towards leaving fewer more substantive comments and less nit-picky ones? Not sure if this has been an issue on LW, I don’t read it as much.