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> For example, in this very thread

Can you provide quotes and/or links to examples?



Turn on the ability to view flagged comments and scroll down.


So 1 comment with 17 negative responses in a full thread of 36 comments is "the majority of the community?

That's kind of the part that really surprised me. That it exists, OK, but "the majority" in this thread? I feel like on the contrary, in the scope of this thread, it is a tiny minority.

Edit: Since I can't reply to the comment below. By "17 negative responses" I meant negative to the one "bad" comment.


> Edit: Since I can't reply to the comment below

For future reference, if you really need to reply to a comment before the lockout on immediate replies times out, click on the timestamp on the comment. That brings you to a view of the comment that lets you reply sooner. That view either has no lockout, or the lockout is mere seconds.


Thanks! That's good to know. Regardless, for this occurrence it was probably better for me to edit and be a bit more specific :)


17 out of 53 is just a hair shy of 33%. That's not "tiny".




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