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The Karma toll text for downvoted threads became misleading #354

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
(Related to http://code.google.com/p/lesswrong/issues/detail?id=345 )

Right now the following text appears when I try to reply to a comment with 
positive Karma located inside a downvoted thread, for example this one: 
http://lesswrong.com/lw/9c/mandatory_secret_identities/7kld

"Replies to downvoted comments are discouraged. Pay 5 Karma points to proceed 
anyway?"

Since I'm not replying to a downvoted comment, this is misleading. The text 
could be changed to something like "Making comments under downvoted ancestors 
is discouraged. Pay 5 Karma points to proceed anyway?", perhaps with a link to 
a longer explanation on the Wiki and/or to the ancestor comment that causes 
this situation, as this is still somewhat cryptic.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robot...@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2012 at 11:50

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Another wording idea - "Contributing to threads sparked by downvoted comments 
is discouraged…"

I'll be watching this issue, and change the text as soon as a message and 
possibly a wiki link are decided on.

Original comment by zildjoh...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2012 at 10:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by Matthew.Fallshaw on 15 Oct 2012 at 6:05