Timeline for Fixing comments in 5 minutes. Intrigued? Let's discuss
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| Aug 2, 2017 at 20:42 | comment | added | Travis J | I don't think that any of the examples here are of abuse, but that under a changed usage of comments they could be subject to flagging. My interpretation from this is that this would be a change to the way that comments are used. Perhaps this is what I am missing or where we disagree. Is this, or is this not, a change to the use of comments? | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 20:36 | comment | added | Robert Cartaino |
Travis, I think what you are missing — or perhaps we simply disagree — is that this does not stop users from abusing comments. It's an improvement for the vast majority of incoming users who simply don't realize they are "misusing" comments in the first place.
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| Aug 2, 2017 at 20:02 | comment | added | Travis J | @Kendra - Suggestions? Perhaps in a broad sense, but not of post improvement. Here is another: "Welcome to Stack Overflow! It sounds like you may need to learn how to use a debugger to step through your code. With a good debugger, you can execute your program line by line and see where it is deviating from what you expect. This is an essential tool if you are going to do any programming. Further reading: How to debug small programs" stackoverflow.com/questions/45469895/… | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:26 | comment | added | Kendra | We shall have to agree to disagree. You are adamant that these are not suggestions, I am adamant that they are. If we haven't swayed each other yet, I am not sure we will. | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:25 | comment | added | Kendra | That users don't read the suggestion as just that, doesn't mean it's not. And that they complain on Meta or disagree with the suggestion doesn't mean that 1) they don't interpret it as a suggestion and 2) it isn't a suggestion. | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:25 | comment | added | Travis J | This is why I don't think this change is helpful. To note, I like such comments when they are appropriately formed. These are all good things to have, but changing the comment outlook to not include them and placing them subject to flagging will be problematic. | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:24 | comment | added | Kendra | Same for your other two examples. First example, "This answer is not an answer. If it is meant to be an answer, it doesn't look like one, so edit it. If it isn't, it should be removed." The second one is more of a suggestion of improvement to one's behavior, and I would argue more on the side of flagging it. That said, I haven't seen that one come out of a review. (Admittedly, I do not have access to that queue yet.) | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:23 | comment | added | Travis J | @Kendra - That is your personal interpretation, however, there have been many a post on meta and by upset users refuting your claim that the set of my examples (or the broader hand typed ones that less refined users post), and your trivial pivot are in fact the same thing. | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:19 | comment | added | Kendra | I would say that is suggesting improvement, even if the improvement is basically impossible: "Fix this post to be inline with our rules and guidelines, specifically that we are not customer support for companies. Read the linked post to see what we mean." | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:19 | comment | added | Travis J | @Kendra - "Answering off-topic / bad question Please don't post answers on obviously off topic / bad questions! See: Should one advise on off topic questions?" | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:19 | comment | added | Travis J | @Kendra - "This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. If you earn sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post." | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:18 | comment | added | Travis J | @Kendra - "We are not Customer Support I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because we are not customer support for your favorite company." stackoverflow.com/questions/45363359/… | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:12 | comment | added | Kendra | "...as their comments are not in the form of requesting clarification or suggesting improvement, but in the form of critiquing and informing the user of some type of issue." How is critiquing and informing the user of an issue not suggesting an improvement? This statement feels completely incorrect to me. | |
| Aug 2, 2017 at 19:09 | history | answered | Travis J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |