Could we change the “Recent Comments” box to say “Recent Threads”, instead, with a count of updated comments, net karma, and most recent poster for each thread as usual ? For example, something like this:
EliezerYudkowsky on Meta-note: Right now… by EliezerYudkowsky on The Worst Argument In The World | 7k, 2 new Mugbuster on You all smell… by Obvious_Troll on The Worst Argument In The World | −15k, 18 new
This tells me that Eliezer commented on a thread that he started, and the thread is generally positively rated, though low-volume, so I might click it. On the other hand, Mugbuster commented on a high-volume thread that has cumulative −15 karma, which means that it’s probably a trolling thread, and I should stay out of it.
Could we change the “Recent Comments” box to say “Recent Threads”, instead, with a count of updated comments, net karma, and most recent poster for each thread as usual ? For example, something like this:
EliezerYudkowsky on Meta-note: Right now… by EliezerYudkowsky on The Worst Argument In The World | 7k, 2 new
Mugbuster on You all smell… by Obvious_Troll on The Worst Argument In The World | −15k, 18 new
This tells me that Eliezer commented on a thread that he started, and the thread is generally positively rated, though low-volume, so I might click it. On the other hand, Mugbuster commented on a high-volume thread that has cumulative −15 karma, which means that it’s probably a trolling thread, and I should stay out of it.