The left side is correct for a very particular reason: things on the left can be lined up into nice little columns, where it's easier for your eye to visually i

The left side is correct for a very particular reason: things on the left can be lined up into nice little columns, where it's easier for your eye to visually ignore them if it doesn't care. I think you might be right, though, about the weight gain of the points. Points should be clearly labeled as points by putting a + sign in front of them. Comments should clearly be labeled with a comment icon, rather than the text -- this was actually something the other design got kinda right, but it put them in an ugly place (on the right, where they add to visual clutter), and it insisted on placing the number inside the comment bubble for no good reason. That leaves the bottom bar to contain something like: ( ▴ | ⚑ | @meteor.com | nim, 3 hours ago ) although I guess if you really want we can keep the upvote button off to the far left.