The same arguments apply to HN comments. Up/down could profitably be replaced by a spectrum of adjectives mapped to floats, e.g. { worst: -1, best: 1, meh: 0, o

The same arguments apply to HN comments. Up/down could profitably be replaced by a spectrum of adjectives mapped to floats, e.g. { worst: -1, best: 1, meh: 0, ok: 0.5 }, etc. ad infinitum. It would give us a nuanced way to express sentiments while retaining the value of aggregation.