I understand the sentiment, but I actually like how the fading of down-voted comments functions at present. Morbid curiosity often causes me to highlight sever

I understand the sentiment, but I actually like how the fading of down-voted comments functions at present. Morbid curiosity often causes me to highlight severely down-voted items to see what was said. Plus, I'll sometimes up-vote a down-voted item simply because I share your distaste at what appears to have been a harsh mob reaction. Absent the fade signal, I'd not have known my vote was required to help in some small way rebalance the scales of karmic justice.