> it'd present a shift from their long-held strategy of having the comment downvote button do absolutely nothing. This seems to be a common refrain, despite li

> it'd present a shift from their long-held strategy of having the comment downvote button do absolutely nothing. This seems to be a common refrain, despite little evidence to back it up. Just because the dislike button doesn't render a count doesn't mean that it isn't being counted and used to weight comments.