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Discussion on: How to create an ideal commenting system?

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stereobooster

Yeah, this is what I meant to convey in "See no evil" section. Even if downvotes are present they should not be visible.

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Ben Sinclair

I think it's worth bringing up the Stack downvote option. It costs you reputation to vote something down, which (theoretically) makes trolls think twice before carpet bombing your comment history.

It could be improved, maybe, by removing the penalty if someone else upvotes a comment you make on the answer, something like that, but it gets a bit messy.

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stereobooster

It costs you reputation

This what I would call Karma-system. But the point is that don't show negative response to the public at all (though it can be used for some internal rating, it can be visible to moderators)