Timeline for The Stack Exchange reputation system: What's working? What's not?
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| Mar 15, 2023 at 7:40 | history | edited | This_is_NOT_a_forum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 15, 2023 at 3:50 | comment | added | Karl Knechtel | @V2Blast "Suggested edits can be used to make those improvements themselves (which, generally, is what folks should be doing for issues that they can fix on their own without changing the meaning of the post)" Overwhelmingly IMX, when new users make these sorts of comments-in-the-answer-section, they want to ask OP to clarify a particular point, or add a specific piece of missing information, etc. IOW, edits that only OP could possibly make. If it were something they could suggest as an edit themselves, they would presumably just answer as if that edit had been applied. | |
| Mar 15, 2023 at 3:36 | comment | added | Steve Bennett | Editing an existing answer is a pretty different path to adding a comment or an answer, and I would guess is even more daunting for a newcomer. Imagine turning up at your first day on the job, and being told, you can't give feedback on someone else's work, but you can just go right ahead and make changes if you want. | |
| Mar 15, 2023 at 2:11 | comment | added | V2Blast Staff | That said, users are able to suggest edits even if they don't yet have the privilege to edit directly (and on most SE network sites, they can even do so without registering an account), which does seem to partly address this issue – especially since the main purpose of comments is to either suggest improvements to the question/answer, or request clarification from the author about it. Suggested edits can be used to make those improvements themselves (which, generally, is what folks should be doing for issues that they can fix on their own without changing the meaning of the post). | |
| Mar 15, 2023 at 2:11 | comment | added | V2Blast Staff | While I agree that comment moderation is a pain (and that folks often misuse comments for things that should be posted as answers or new questions, or sometimes not posted at all), I can see your point that the site doesn't really offer a simple "entry point" unless you know how to ask a good question or post a good answer. | |
| Mar 15, 2023 at 1:44 | comment | added | Laurel | It does suck, but comment moderation sucks harder. (I may be one of the people moderating comments, but I recently watched a friend struggle to get started on SE and she only made it to 20 rep or so.) | |
| Mar 14, 2023 at 23:00 | history | answered | Steve Bennett | CC BY-SA 4.0 |