> This is good and bad. It's good because if a person who usually makes high quality comments comes along late to the game, their voice will be heard. It's bad

> This is good and bad. It's good because if a person who usually makes high quality comments comes along late to the game, their voice will be heard. It's bad because it creates its own rich-get-richer problem. This is also bad because, if true, it creates a strong disincentive to comment on less popular stories because, regardless of the quality of your comments, doing so would lower your average karma.