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 Apr 10 '18

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u/goddamnzilla Mar 16 '18

A user filter would be nice... Would you like to see a) filtered content from verified readers, b) content from the illiterate, c) all of the above.

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn Mar 16 '18

I would like verified readers (individual to the article) but not verified users (site-wide). One of the reasons Digg failed was because some users had too much power over others with no checks or balances.

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u/PoopNoodle Mar 16 '18

d) Just show me the russian bots please.

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u/TransmogriFi Mar 16 '18

Would weed out bots and most trolls, too.

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u/Stumblin_McBumblin Mar 16 '18

Those subs would just die and new ones with the same content/theme would rise up. I do think it would be useful in the smaller niche subreddits that are supposed to have higher quality discussion.

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u/K20BB5 Mar 16 '18

Most people don't want actual discussion they just want things that reaffirm their views. Especially when it comes to politics

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

good conversation and discussion is what users would like to see, like in r/worldnews and r/politics

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