Can we get an option to lock comments as moderators?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

What does it do, no one can reply to a particular comment?

Yeah if there's enough demand for this, we can certainly do it. We do have 'contest mode' which is supposed to help with comment presentation somehow.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

No one can reply and the user can't edit it (not sure about the editing thing though).

Contest mode hides the insightful/fun for non-mods and randomizes the comments randomly (say if the user usually sorts the comments by "top" it would sort as "insightful" or maybe as "fun").

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

No one can reply

I donno man, it sounds kinda heavy handed. You can always remove a comment entirely then no one can reply. When is this even used, for when something is too contentious to allow replies? We're trying to encourage debate here and exchange of ideas.

You can try to build a consensus for this feature on /s/IdeasForSaidit

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I agree with you, thread locking was a rampant problem on reddit and isn't something that belongs on saidit ideally. Problem users should be removed individually, I see no real reason to ever lock a thread.

We do have the capability for it, as our threads auto-lock at 9999 days (can we change that to 999999 days btw?)

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

9999 days (can we change that to 999999 days btw?)

Please look that up for me. Also look into the crazy ass hot algorithm math. It's all based off of a date in 2006 or something. As the codebase gets older, the algorithm skews?

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

As the codebase gets older, the algorithm skews?

lmao I hope not, that's goofy as heck. I think the setting is in that configuration.ini file that you set with 'make ini'

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's a new type of lock I didn't even know about. Go reddit, get that badspeech.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

haha yeah they have so many ways of shadowbanning and locking and blocking that we don't have. It's like what they spent most of 2015-2018 developing lol