Could we perhaps have powers of 2 shown?? ie where points are 1,2,4,8... 1,2,3,4.. are shown. This would still allow some way to see the relative opinion of ot

Could we perhaps have powers of 2 shown?? ie where points are 1,2,4,8... 1,2,3,4.. are shown. This would still allow some way to see the relative opinion of other HN users, but hopefully with less problems than you saw with the direct points system. (personally i was ok with how it used to be). Whilst here could i request a minimize thread button (like reddits); without it allows anyone to hijack the top comment's popularity (and overly/improperly focuses discussion around it), at the cost of the guy who properly started a new thread.