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Interestingly, the best strategy for keeping an article you like up high is to upvote it and not comment (or, if you must comment, do so only once.)

If you do comment, however, you can be as verbose as you like (as long as you are bland enough not to provoke replies.)

I wonder if this will change the strategy some post authors have of "hosting comments on HN" (and replying to every comment, even just to say "thanks".)

EDIT: and to edit your posts instead of replying.

I think this is penalisation of comments is a shame - I certainly come to HN for the comments, not the articles (although they're interesting stimulus for discussion).

>>tehwal+(OP)
Agreed - often I read the comments and never get to the original linked article.