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Should bot comments contribute to the comment count for regular users? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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For admins and moderators, keeping the comment counts including bot comments visible (especially in a moderators' own communities) may be valuable, but not sure if it's all that valuable for ordinary users.

Would it be possible to make it so bot comments don't add to the counts for regular users, or at least for those that have disabled the display of bot posts/comments? As-is seeing an indication of a comment for a post only for it to turn out to be a bot is slightly disappointing at best, and mildly confusing at worst when their display has been disabled.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you articulate the real advantages of separating these things? Seems like bloat

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

I think separating them improves the user experience for regular users, which I think counts as a real advantage. As I wrote in the body text:

As-is seeing an indication of a comment for a post only for it to turn out to be a bot is slightly disappointing at best, and mildly confusing at worst when their display has been disabled.

It's a small detail, but small details add up when it comes to the user experience.