I think the idea is really interesting and itself is very HN. The thing getting you down is the way people misuse the down vote. Disagreeing with something is

I think the idea is really interesting and itself is very HN. The thing getting you down is the way people misuse the down vote. Disagreeing with something is no reason to down vote a comment. I'm only at ~100 karma, but I'm not waiting to get to 500 to down vote people I disagree with. Disagreement spurs discussion. It'd be pretty boring if everyone agreed on everything. Since you have to be "qualified" to use the down vote, it should be reserved for instances where the user is not being a respectful fellow hacker. All that being said, maybe you can include a line saying "Just a bot doing research" before it lists the duplicates.