I've noticed that the people who seem to think that comment quality has gone down are the same people who used to skim and only read the high-voted comments. I

I've noticed that the people who seem to think that comment quality has gone down are the same people who used to skim and only read the high-voted comments. It seems like the people who used to read all of the comments regardless of vote, seem to think that comment quality has gone up. It's possible that the former groups impression of comment quality might be attributable to the fact that they are now reading lower quality comments that were always there, but which they weren't exposed to given their reading style.