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There have been many times when I wanted to use my upvoting ability to unhide a comment that has some merit. To that end, I wish I could see the precise score of downvoted comments. (IIRC, a net score of -1 prevents a majority of HN readers from seeing the comment.)

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? -1 score greys out a comment, nothing more

Hmm, I seem to recall comments being entirely suppressed from view on reaching some threshold, thought it was -1...

Definitely not. The only comments that are hidden by default are the [dead] ones, and anyone can see them by turning 'showdead' on in their profile. Outright deletion is possible, but only for a few hours, or if the author specifically asks us to later. There have been a handful of exceptions in obscure cases over the years, mostly for legal reasons.

Btw, for anyone who has trouble reading a faded comment, you can click on its timestamp to go to its page and the text should be readable.

you see how much discussion is happening under a 0-point parent?

I've seen some. Usually when the non-positive post is something substantive as opposed to a hot take.

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