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> Now, that Vote count is not visible, There is only one signal left. > 1. Positioning in the thread.

I'm not sure if positioning in the thread is much of a signal. Comments with a low vote replying to a comment with a high vote will get displayed above comments with a medium vote, and will more likely be read. Before, the reader could choose to ignore such comments, and keep on scrolling down to check for other comments with a high enough vote.

What about adding greenness to comments? Comments which are in order are black no matter what, but if a comment is above another comment with more upvotes because it's newer then it's slightly green to indicate the disparity in votes.

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