ioi said:
Some comments on this:
- The like / dislike is primarily to aid in user moderation - i.e the hiding of spammers and other obviously poor comments that can now just be voted down and hidden.
- The threaded system allows you to reply to a given comment below it - this is where the "timely order" comes in and is the same with wall posts etc - people need to get used to the idea of using the sub comments to have a conversation rather than back and forth by posting main wall comments.
- We could have an option to order by post time as well but this system works well and is being done in a lot of other places - you just have to get used to it.
The idea is that you read down the main comments, each one on a different subject and ordered from most agreed to least agreed and if any strike a chord with you then you hit to view the replies and explore that comment in more depth and maybe offer your own. In theory I think it is a great system, people just need to get used to it.
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Agreed with the first 2 bullet points but the problem with the third is that, when I read the, let's say 12 comments the first time, and I check back the next day and there are 18 comments, I have to actually search which comments are new as they are not ordered that way. That makes checking back news items a chore and definitely not worth it. The only reason to read comments is if you commented yourself and to have private conversations with other users. It's different, and if that is the direction you want this site to go, then go for it, but I find it extremely confusing.
At least make "order chronologically" an option to click on.
