Agreed. Been wanting to post this comment for some time now: When comments are downvoted, sometimes to oblivion, yet have many and deep set of replies, doesn't

Agreed. Been wanting to post this comment for some time now: When comments are downvoted, sometimes to oblivion, yet have many and deep set of replies, doesn't that indicate something wrong with the downvotes? The point is to have a substantive discussion and in the case (which is common) I'm noting, the downvoted comment has done just that. I think any comment should get implied/automatic upvotes for each reply, on a power scale. Say a floor of 2 or maybe 3, then after that 1 or more points for each child comment increasing as the number of comments increase. I realize that system is subject to abuse, but does it really matter? Whereas OTOH it prevents the echo chamber for hot button topics. At this time, the now actually dead GP comment has 30 children! It is by definition a worthy comment.