Have to be honest, I've wondered why Reddit doesn't do this. Seems like a simple change that'd open up a lot of possibilities for aggregators. Especially given

Have to be honest, I've wondered why Reddit doesn't do this. Seems like a simple change that'd open up a lot of possibilities for aggregators. Especially given how many popular posts have a top rated comment by the author which does nothing more than explain stuff that could have been explained in the post itself (had the service given them room to do so).