If the goal of graying out was to prevent these comments from ever being read, why show them in the first place? The goal, I think, was to reduce noise for the

If the goal of graying out was to prevent these comments from ever being read, why show them in the first place? The goal, I think, was to reduce noise for the majority of users. If someone really wants to read a grayed out comment, they are entitled to do. Seems to work just fine.