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Rather than changing the visibility rules, couldn't you alter the deletion process? As far as I can tell, comments will be deleted either by the poster, a mod, or after {enough} flags are raised. {Enough} varies by flag type, and the exact numbers seem to be a secret, but can't it be tweaked? If several users agree that a comment isn't worth keeping, it probably isn't. It seems to work for rude/offensive, so why not apply the same to obsolete/chatty?

Geobits
– Geobits

2013-12-13 02:17:33 +00:00
Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 2:17
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@GenericHolidayName Of course, there's also a lot of obsolete/chatty comments lying around, even on the old questions that get lots of google traffic. That's dumping a huge amount of manual work onto users - something that would be far bigger than the SO close vote queue.

Troyen
– Troyen

2013-12-13 08:02:07 +00:00
Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 8:02

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