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PG actually hid comment karma for a while, but it was quickly restored. It's just a very useful shortcut for scanning comment threads.

• andrewcooke 17y ago
  aren't threads already sorted by karma (amongst other factors)? but anyway, i'm not saying karma is not useful - this just makes the way i use the site less frustrating for me. i threw it out there in case others felt the same way, is all.
  • chaosmachine 17y ago
    The problem with that was threads with a 1 karma parent and a 100 karma reply end up at the bottom. With karma displayed, it's easier to spot important posts.
    • sidmitra 17y ago
      Maybe one can use colour based coding depending of the karma percentile? So something at the top 10% percentile would have small green icon next to it. The colour would be a gradient till it reaches the bottom 10%, where it would show red. This would make it even easier to scan, to look at top comments just search for green..... just a thought.
      • chaosmachine 17y ago
        Actually, that was tried, too. There was an orange dot that showed up for comments with over 15 karma.
  • bendtheblock 17y ago
    The sort value is a function of karma and age (so newer comments are higher up to start with).