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I think another thing that plays into this is how the longer a comment is, the high the chance it will be disagreed with because there are more things to disagr

I think another thing that plays into this is how the longer a comment is, the high the chance it will be disagreed with because there are more things to disagree with. The short and simple comment may 100% of the time be appreciated but the points inside a longer comment may mostly be 100% appreciated but a couple disliked. This leads to the larger comment getting less upvotes even though it contains much more agreeable points than the shorter comment.

jimmyjim 16y ago
Or, on the flip side, if a comment holistically seem strong, the weak points within (which, otherwise as isolates may have been viciously voted down) stand to get leverage by the strength of the comment's whole worth. And perhaps thereby granted earnest consideration and a chance to discussion (which arguably they may not have gotten a chance to otherwise as a one-liner).