except for the fact that in a threaded discussion where points is only one of the parameters (time and user karma being the other tow as far as I know) this isn

except for the fact that in a threaded discussion where points is only one of the parameters (time and user karma being the other tow as far as I know) this isn't true for most comments. I did the numbers for a long thread some time ago here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2569997 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2569997