Maybe have the comment threshold increase with the age of the comment. New comments should be visible at the current −1 threshold for a day or two but after that anything below 2 could be hidden. I think that immediately hiding comments would probably lead to fewer accurate comment ratings.
Another possibility is a user-selectable threshold.
Maybe have the comment threshold increase with the age of the comment. New comments should be visible at the current −1 threshold for a day or two but after that anything below 2 could be hidden. I think that immediately hiding comments would probably lead to fewer accurate comment ratings.
Another possibility is a user-selectable threshold.
We don’t know how many people browse while they have sort set to New so you are right. Perhaps for comments older than a week or a month?