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Why do certain commenters take a rude tone with new users?
It may not be "fair" to lock comments, but the question is entirely off topic for this site and the comments were not doing anything to change that. … Please read What are comments? …
MokubaiMod
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Why was my comment explaining reason for a downvote deleted?
I removed it, though I was a little wary.
While your comment described exactly what should be done it was a little harsh and apparently taken badly by the other party who replied with
omg someone …
MokubaiMod
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9
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Is there something off with how reputation is built on Stack Exchange?
Due to the way the site works we have to allow users some way to talk to other users through comments. … Usually those comments are useful and insightful but sometimes they appear to be idle chatter or unrelated comments, in those cases we have a tool called a "flag". …
MokubaiMod
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7
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Accepted
Why was my comment mod flag declined?
The first is that Moderators cannot convert comments to answers. … The comments either get deleted or the flags get dismissed. There's no way for us to give feedback saying why something did or did not happen like with "normal" flags. …
MokubaiMod
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7
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Accepted
Why did my comment get removed?
Comments are transitory and should not be counted upon to remain indefinitely. …
MokubaiMod
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5
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Accepted
Informative comments, should they deleted?
We do not enforce the keeping of comments like we do useful answers and a set of comments could quickly become one sided or difficult to follow. … From the comment privilege page:
What are comments?
Comments are temporary "Post-It" notes left on a question or answer. …
MokubaiMod
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5
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Why are comments so limited?
Informative comments, should they deleted? Yes.
Comments are third class citizens on this site and real information should be either in questions or answers. … Comments are transient and should not be used for long information or discussion.
From the comment privilege page:
What are comments? …
MokubaiMod
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