This is most likely due to people trying to push down comments and these comments sitting at 1 point score. This creates a gray comment and the crowd heaps on a

This is most likely due to people trying to push down comments and these comments sitting at 1 point score. This creates a gray comment and the crowd heaps on and buries it without giving much further thought. HN should really mark 1-point comments in some way. This is long due.