I think it's probably better to just upvote well-written or well-argued comments whether you agree with the author's point of view or not. Makes for a more inte

I think it's probably better to just upvote well-written or well-argued comments whether you agree with the author's point of view or not. Makes for a more interesting place where people occasionally change their minds. I was going to say that the HN guidelines advise doing this, but I cannot actually find anything about what an upvote 'means' on HN. Plenty about what makes a good submission, or a good comment, but nothing on voting. Maybe they just gave up on trying to do that! The above notwithstanding, I would like to see something like your proposal implemented, just to see how it works out empirically.