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I think it is a great feature and I have a suggestion to improve it. While I agree that giving the author power over their post is good, it can also lead to unwarranted censorship which can leave the readers and commenters feeling slighted. Because of that, I would suggest hidden comments are less discoverable, but can be expanded to view the content. That would allow the author to have control while also allowing the reader to determine for themselves if the comment was constructive.
I think it could be combined with comments marked as low quality/non-constructive by the community. Those could also be hidden but expandable. These could also be restricted from further replies to them.
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I think it is a great feature and I have a suggestion to improve it. While I agree that giving the author power over their post is good, it can also lead to unwarranted censorship which can leave the readers and commenters feeling slighted. Because of that, I would suggest hidden comments are less discoverable, but can be expanded to view the content. That would allow the author to have control while also allowing the reader to determine for themselves if the comment was constructive.
I think it could be combined with comments marked as low quality/non-constructive by the community. Those could also be hidden but expandable. These could also be restricted from further replies to them.