True but links are sorted in competition with other links with a zero baseline. Comments piggyback on the link popularity will always show up on the page. Excep

True but links are sorted in competition with other links with a zero baseline. Comments piggyback on the link popularity will always show up on the page. Exception of course the massive 100+ comment hot topics. Thus links resting state is a quick falloff and death. In contrast comments tend to hang around, even bad comments if they are part of an interesting conversation.