> The whole idea is to make the downvoted comment less accessible, predicated on the idea that the readers don't want to read it. Evidence supporting that idea

> The whole idea is to make the downvoted comment less accessible, predicated on the idea that the readers don't want to read it. Evidence supporting that idea that they don't want to read it is the fact that they downvoted it (or rather those representatives among the readership who are able to downvote chose to do so). I'm totally getting the motivation, but it doesn't solve the accessibility issue. If some people with high karma decide that a comment is low quality, then by all means, HN could collapse the comment by default. Totally fine with me, because everyone else can still access it if they choose to. With the current solution, many people don't get this chance. Accessibility is about equal treatment.