> In general though, I don't get taking issue with comment votes, it's just random internet points on a screen. Most of the time, I want to be able to easily r

> In general though, I don't get taking issue with comment votes, it's just random internet points on a screen. Most of the time, I want to be able to easily read each and every comment that was posted, regardless of what some other random people may think about those comments. I find it annoying how the votes and flagging can affect the appearance/visibility of a comment here. Downvoted comments are rendered in dimmer text, which makes the comments harder to read. I also have to log in so the "showdead" setting takes effect, just so I can see comments that were flagged and hidden. I wish I could use this site with all of the voting/flagging/content-hiding "functionality" disabled, ideally without having to log in and otherwise overriding the default behaviour.