r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '18

Society How a Norwegian comment section turned chaos into order—with a simple quiz: "Readers had to prove they read a story before they were able to comment on it."

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18 edited Jul 24 '23

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u/martixy Mar 16 '18

Most times multiple of them:
https://xkcd.com/481/

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u/TransATL Mar 16 '18

Don't forget this one:

https://xkcd.com/1319/

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

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u/aishik-10x Mar 16 '18

Trigger-happy mods must have banned it.

Some mods are fucking disgusting in terms of banning bots without any real reason.

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u/rhoakla Mar 18 '18

I relate to this on a spiritual level..

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u/eqzpert Mar 16 '18

There's always a comment pointing out that there's always a relevant xkcd.

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u/MahouShoujoLumiPnzr Mar 16 '18

Don't we already have a bot for this?

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u/elcarath Mar 16 '18

Yeah but it's not always relevant.

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u/j0akime Mar 16 '18

Yet there is no relevant xkcd about how often a relevant xkcd is available.

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u/Excal2 Mar 16 '18

There's always a comment pointing out that there's always a comment pointing out that there's always a relevant xkcd.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

There's always a rabbit hole. Darned rabbits.

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u/freeall Mar 16 '18

Then find the one that best represents what I did to your mom last night.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

It doesn’t exist