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?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.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.