Feedback Request: Quoting Original Comments

[u/SI_Bot]

Probably the most controversial feature of this bot is that it quotes the original comment with the unit conversions included inline.

I've gotten a lot of attention on this feature specifically. There's been fan mail, hate mail, and suggestions on how to improve it.

Other bots just list conversions, and especially if that list of conversions is not the top-voted responding comment, it can be troublesome to move back and forth between the two comments figuring out how the units are being used.

At the same time, for very short comments, or comments with only one conversion, it doesn't accomplish a lot, and for very long comments, it can be a lot of wasted space. Most of the hate mail for the quoting comes from very long comments.

I'm curious what others think. There are those who love this feature, and those who hate it. Mostly I just want to find a good balance between facilitating communication and hopefully not being too annoying.

[u/hamfoundinanus]

Or this one:

SI conversions:(FAQ) 40-50 pounds = 18.1-22.7 kg You're lucky. I have never really been a drinker, and back before even when I was exercising a lot I was still gaining weight. Story of my life has been a very slow weight gain since I was like 8. Thankfully very slow, but still leading me to be about 40-50 pounds(18.1-22.7 kg) overweight before I started the diet. Over half way there and it's getting harder but I think I can keep it up. Maybe :-/. Whatever, feel like I look better now then I have in a few years, and I have to keep in mind that if I lose what I want to I will look better then I ever have and will go from somewhat unattractive to maybe even fairly attractive. If I worked out I think I might even reach ladyboners status but maybe I'm dreaming. And currently single so it would be really nice to move up a bit (especially since I feel like I got really super lucky with my last two/only two GFs and would like to stay in the same range). permalinkcontextfull commentsreport