[echolima]

I am wondering if comments should be broken into two categories: 1. only show comments from people who live in my area/region. 2. only show comments from the higher rated commentators.

The reason for the geographic region is to promote communication and ideas in a more localized meaning.

As to higher rated commentators, why not a rating system for commentators? Amazon does this, to some success.

[anigbrowl]

I've always thought that last was a good idea. It'd be easy enough to implement on fb I think.