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Smok  1yr ago (themotte.org)   1183 thread views

https://www.themotte.org/volunteer should have tldr/skip option

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I just run into https://www.themotte.org/volunteer asking me to rate some overly long mythology/fanfiction/pagan themed post.

Really long.

And there was no option to indicate that I am unwilling to spend time on reading it.

Maybe in such case I should close the tab and do not fill feedback?

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Is there a way to automatically display context? Or maybe have an option to show context? I find I often have to read the thread to even parse the comment, and I worry I would accidentally click on the context button and leave the page rather than open it in a new tab.

It's something I want to do, but the comment-display code is frankly kind of grim. I've got a task set up for it but it'll be a bit.

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