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by nnq 5246 days ago
1. Make a mechanism to allow up/down-voting of comments and allow the display of high karma comments in a static list that someone can scan right away... finding useful information in a chatroom is overwhelming and requires 100% engagement... irritating at least if the user multitasks while visiting your site

2. Please no chatroom on the front page! ...it's overwhelming and annoying ...just a list of threads please.

(All in all cool idea, whether it takes off or not! ...at least it brings new genes into the selection pool for evolving better online communication tools and metaphors...)

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Hey, I've been working on a similar concept that does exactly what you suggested. Take a look: http://ec2-50-16-106-77.compute-1.amazonaws.com/0
Needs a breadcrumb path and/or an intuitive way to go up a level, but otherwise that is pretty cool. :)
Thanks for the feedback! Yea, the breadcrumb path is actually the next feature I plan on implementing. Also, to go up one path, just click on the currently selected item.
Wouldn't voting destroy the nature of it and just create another digg/reddit/hacker news … ?

If there's to much information in one room: just build a subroom.