The order of comments displayed should be random, at least you should be able to state this in your preferences.
This way, all comments will get equal attention, each comment will get glanced at and voted equally, instead of the comments with most karma being first (and most judged) and those with least karma being last (and scarcely looked at).
Edit: This should, besides, apply to all levels of comments: So all the ‘top-level comments’ should be random, all the answers to one comment should be random and so on if you chose the comments to be sorted randomly.
Thank you, I didn’t notice this because I kept looking in ‘preferences’. Thus, it seems like a good idea to me to add the possibility of choosing your preferences regarding the comment order there. I’d find this much less confusing.
The order of comments displayed should be random, at least you should be able to state this in your preferences.
This way, all comments will get equal attention, each comment will get glanced at and voted equally, instead of the comments with most karma being first (and most judged) and those with least karma being last (and scarcely looked at).
Edit: This should, besides, apply to all levels of comments: So all the ‘top-level comments’ should be random, all the answers to one comment should be random and so on if you chose the comments to be sorted randomly.
In the meantime, you could try sorting by “Old” or “New”; the menu can be found at the bottom of any post, before the comments box.
Thank you, I didn’t notice this because I kept looking in ‘preferences’. Thus, it seems like a good idea to me to add the possibility of choosing your preferences regarding the comment order there. I’d find this much less confusing.
It’s already possible to sort comments by timestamp rather than karma, but this might still be useful.