> This in turn means that I should not respond to replies to my comments, as they rarely get to 8+. To me this is the biggest negative. A useful but non-contro

> This in turn means that I should not respond to replies to my comments, as they rarely get to 8+. To me this is the biggest negative. A useful but non-controversial threadlet between members towards the end of a submission's life is IMO beneficial to the community overall but will be worse for average karma for participants. I'll live with the lower average karma if it means still benefitting from the community in a way average-karma-targeting replies don't.