> I would rather see the number of upvotes/downvotes to find out whether a comment is generally accurate and correct or not (or whether the comment conforms to

> I would rather see the number of upvotes/downvotes to find out whether a comment is generally accurate and correct or not (or whether the comment conforms to most people's idealogy). Using Reddit, I usually just scan the page looking for the comments with high points, which usually sways me into thinking they're the best comments Personally I prefer HN's system, as the number of people that clicked ^ doesn't really matter, it's the content of the comment that matters... Also, this was discussed thoroughly [1] here (12 years ago) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2445039 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2445039