snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoGiven that we vote for entire comments, we don't expect people to split their comment into many sub-comments.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareGiven that we vote for entire comments, we don't expect people to split their comment into many sub-comments.snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
A different thing are conversation back and forths: each comment is in a new branch of the comment tree.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes exactly. If anyone cares enough about the subject they’ll ask you to tell more. It’s a waste of your own time to type out everything you know in advance if no one cares or everyone already knows.
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoFair enough. I can see how I could save myself time and effort. However, I’ve read many long comments in the past that are very interesting. And, considering the 90-9-1 rule, I suppose this happens to other people too.
Yes exactly. If anyone cares enough about the subject they’ll ask you to tell more.
It’s a waste of your own time to type out everything you know in advance if no one cares or everyone already knows.
Fair enough. I can see how I could save myself time and effort. However, I’ve read many long comments in the past that are very interesting. And, considering the 90-9-1 rule, I suppose this happens to other people too.