I can see why your approach is useful for you and probably for other people. I just don’t seek out gray comments (though sometimes I do read some) because I am

I can see why your approach is useful for you and probably for other people. I just don’t seek out gray comments (though sometimes I do read some) because I am ok with missing interesting viewpoints. HN does fine despite my behaviors. I am not contrarian in the sense that I think good comments are downvoted to a meaningful extent. YMMV.