Nope, I can’t reliably depend on the score to indicate value. HN readers frequently post and upvote offtopic and inflammatory comments, leading to pages of disc

Nope, I can’t reliably depend on the score to indicate value. HN readers frequently post and upvote offtopic and inflammatory comments, leading to pages of discussions that have high integers but no value. Removing the display of positive integers from comments ought to curb these behaviors considerably.