I think it might actually be a good idea to give any poster the power to delete replies in their post’s comments thread—Facebook does this automatically and I don’t think it’s a problem in real life, except of course for the trolls themselves—but that would require development resources, and as ever, we have none.
If you feel that going to those lengths are necessary, here is a more palatable censorship technique which might achieve the intended effect—instead of the current troll feeding penalty, simply automatically delete heavily down-voted comments. That way the community collectively decides what is inappropriate and what is simply discussion, rather than the OP.
If you feel that going to those lengths are necessary, here is a more palatable censorship technique which might achieve the intended effect—instead of the current troll feeding penalty, simply automatically delete heavily down-voted comments. That way the community collectively decides what is inappropriate and what is simply discussion, rather than the OP.