A thought: Make comment scores the square root or log or whatever of the total number of upvotes. For good measure, cap it at +10 or some such. That might not

A thought: Make comment scores the square root or log or whatever of the total number of upvotes. For good measure, cap it at +10 or some such. That might not remove all competitiveness, but it might reduce the effect of the vote-up-everything-popular-guy-says crowd.