I don't think you should do anything This is supposed to be hacker news, if you don't like the comment counts, hide them yourself. Hack it into something that

I don't think you should do anything This is supposed to be hacker news, if you don't like the comment counts, hide them yourself. Hack it into something that you do find easier to manage. I started writing my own chrome plugin a year ago and add to it as needed (voting ppl I like up, others down, etc.) for me HN is perfect - you will never make it perfect for tens of thousands of people by changing it on the server. If you start accepting user submitted tweaks now it will probably never end