Interesting view on the matter, even if I don't quite agree with your prev comment (too tired now to argue why, sorry). I very much agree that downvoting witho

Interesting view on the matter, even if I don't quite agree with your prev comment (too tired now to argue why, sorry). I very much agree that downvoting without comment (indeed except for the truly awful ones that would just draw needless noise because of it) is an anti-pattern. But I am occasionally guilty of it myself as well, partly because writing a reply to a not-quite-awful comment costs me a lot of time (even if it's a short cmt). The greying-out of downvoted comments doesn't help with the perception of receiving a downvote without comment either (makes it feel more harsh, IMO). I'd prefer showing the counts again, actually.