You're probably right, but I'll give you a concrete example: here's a post from today that was downvoted when I commented on it. https://news.ycombinator.com/i

You're probably right, but I'll give you a concrete example: here's a post from today that was downvoted when I commented on it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25280929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25280929 It appeared to be making a factual claim about how MDM works, (and here's where I get subjective) counter to a prevailing narrative in the thread. It's not downvoted anymore, but there was no explanation available (and there still isn't). Was the comment wrong? Did people just not like it? Did they think it was off-topic to what it was replying to, or missing the point? We'll never know. I'd like to know :) Also, I think a system like I'm proposing would make it easier to find the quality comments and threads, and avoid (if you want to) the controversial stuff, the hot-takes, the me-too comments, the pandering to the HN crowd / tropes - etc...