Ask HN: Where do you go for civil discussion on the Internet?
I've been wondering: would it be practical to build a reddit/HN like system where the comments you see are by authors you've upvoted before, or authors they've upvoted before?<p>This way everyone can comment, and the low effort jokes etc. can still exist but you personally only see them if that's what you enjoy.<p>Currently we give every comment a single universal score. It's hard to come up with a simple set of rules that encourage useful participation long-term, but this system would highlight the insightful stuff through the noise.