> There is a reason why upvote exists. It pushes good discussion top. And downvoting helps push bad comments down, which is by design. > If you are worrying a

> There is a reason why upvote exists. It pushes good discussion top. And downvoting helps push bad comments down, which is by design. > If you are worrying about space complexity: good news! HN is using a modern database, not flat file. You can store 10k comments. This is irrelevant to having a good discussion.