Comment on Tell HN: Uptick in mean-spirited commentsparentComments−staunch15yTry to prevent people from feeding the trolls.When people reply to a -4 comment it makes it harder to ignore that comment. It effectively pushes it up on the page. So disable replying to -4 comments. It's probably also necessary to hide any existing replies.Exhibit A: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1852305
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Try to prevent people from feeding the trolls.
When people reply to a -4 comment it makes it harder to ignore that comment. It effectively pushes it up on the page. So disable replying to -4 comments. It's probably also necessary to hide any existing replies.
Exhibit A: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1852305