Several weeks ago, PG lamented that comments had gotten worse. PG asked readers for suggestions of what he should do to make comments better.<p>Now at least some changes have been made. Would you say the comments have improved?
I got rid of points to decrease contentious back and forths. I feel like that may have happened. At least, I feel like I've gotten dragged into fewer such threads.<p>Has anyone else noticed a trend either way?
Can't we have something like this? -- Those who want to see points, could enable it, but then they would not be allowed to upvote/downvote. OR they could still vote, but their votes won't be counted (or given less weight-age?).<p>Does it serve the purpose for both the sides? What are the potential caveats in this?
While on the topic, I've been wondering today if there is any concept in place concerning how to measure the desired improvement. If not, how does one determine "are we there yet?"