I could see it going a couple of different ways. 1) It actually has improved comment rankings. 2) or I am just experiencing a placebo affect. - 1: If it act

I could see it going a couple of different ways. 1) It actually has improved comment rankings. 2) or I am just experiencing a placebo affect. - 1: If it actually fixed the problem, this would mean that quality comments will appear higher on the page, not cluttered by mediocre comments that enjoy the group bump. I pull this assumption based upon the way I use the upvote system. So of course, I could be wrong. - 2: Maybe the site just feels better to me, because I don't have to see comments get high upvotes that I believe are poorly thought out, or based highly on emotion/fanboyism/or other non logical motivations. I could see it going either way, but my money is on the first possibility. All I know for sure is that I now rarely find myself thinking.."Whaat? People think that was a good comment? People thought that added value? People think this guy knows what he's talking about?"