| No, I don't think so. Firstly, I don't think it's necessary. I'm willing to bet some of the best posts on the site come from people who hadn't read the article. Secondly, this isn't really a feature, it's at best the germ of an idea of what the core of a feature might be. What's to stop people from just lying and saying they've read it or intend to but they haven't read it and don't intend to? Is there any way to meaningfully (and probably automatically) detect that behavior? Is there a punishment for lying and participating without reading first? What about if someone has a lot of knowledge about what the article is covering, but hadn't read the actual article? Can they still participate in the conversation without running afoul of this system? They should be able to. What about cases where the comment section has diverged slightly from the topic in the article anyways? Really, what's the end goal of such a feature and how would you measure if you accomplish it? I think you'd have to answer all or most of those questions before it could become a feature. |