I’m not strictly opposed to it being a new post, but my concern is that, given that I would like to have multiple comments-summary comments to choose from, you might see a proliferation of such posts which take up space on the front page. (Also, it might be more convenient to have such comments on the target post itself.)
Perhaps, though there could be a norm of “graduating” meta-comments if 1) they receive enough likes, and 2) the number of comments covered is very large (e.g., >100).
Alternatively, I suppose there could be an in-built feature where users can hide comment summary posts on the frontpage, although this would require changing the site, so it would probably be better to avoid this until people actually start to use the idea more?
I would be interested. Consider making it a new post instead.
I’m not strictly opposed to it being a new post, but my concern is that, given that I would like to have multiple comments-summary comments to choose from, you might see a proliferation of such posts which take up space on the front page. (Also, it might be more convenient to have such comments on the target post itself.)
Perhaps, though there could be a norm of “graduating” meta-comments if 1) they receive enough likes, and 2) the number of comments covered is very large (e.g., >100).
Alternatively, I suppose there could be an in-built feature where users can hide comment summary posts on the frontpage, although this would require changing the site, so it would probably be better to avoid this until people actually start to use the idea more?
That sounds cool, though I think it’s a bit too optimistic.
But I basically agree with the rest.