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The critique of HN seems off-base. The low-contrast comments are the ones that are downvoted and therefore the low-contrast is there specifically to make them

The critique of HN seems off-base. The low-contrast comments are the ones that are downvoted and therefore the low-contrast is there specifically to make them less readable because they ostensibly deserve less attention.

pygy_ 12y ago
It also applies to the text of self-posts (tell/ask HN), which is what Contrast Rebellion points out.
- sukilot 12y ago
  I think that is also intentional, to discourage self posts.
- deleted 12y ago
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Avshalom 12y ago
That isn't a downvoted comment in the screen shot, that's the topic text as in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9441500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9441500
Hobotron1 12y ago
> because they ostensibly deserve less attention. They end up standing out to me, and I always end up reading them.
dredmorbius 12y ago
I swap the margin and main-body colors of HN: http://stylebot.me/styles/2945 http://stylebot.me/styles/2945