I disagree, but am upvoting you anyway because you were in negative territory. Comment scores are necessary because: a) Not everybody has time to read every co

I disagree, but am upvoting you anyway because you were in negative territory. Comment scores are necessary because: a) Not everybody has time to read every comment on every thread, and b) The scores provide a slight psychological reward for writing good comments, thus encouraging that sort of behaviour. Forums without comment scores usually wind up looking like a complete mess.