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I calculate averages differently. I only consider recent comments, and I discard outliers before averaging.

I wish things were a little more transparent.

Personally I don't think people should have their comment voting rights removed, without being told, unless they're really causing trouble. And even then, let them know so they can adjust their behavior/leave.

This sort of thing just kills communities IMHO.

Thanks - could you tell me what my average score is please?

Actually, just having that on the user page would be interesting, even if it's no longer used for anything internally.

I think it is the number in the third column of the leaderboard.

Mine is at 1.91 and I can't vote so that would make sense.

11 of the 100 leaders' votes don't count, because <2.0. Something is disconnected, if our best and brightest are comment-vote-banned (could be the leader criteria, I suppose).

BTW I seem to be able to vote again now. Thanks pg! kinda nice... Though now I feel the weight of responsibility again. However, the big OCD thing is that now the UI works properly! I really like that. And, no longer being a persona non grata (an exaggeration; I could still comment and vote on submissions).

And it's on the user page as well. I dunno whether it was already there before I mentioned it. I guess it's been a while since I've looked at my user page.

http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=10ren

Thanks - is that new today?

Odd: my average is precisely "2". Not "2.00" (as it is for robg, #6 on the leaders). Have you kindly promoted me, or is it just an coincidence (and you're using different formatting)?

EDIT my average should have decreased with this comment score at 1, but it hasn't (unless there's lag of course).

Was mentioned on this page somewhere that average scores are calculated asynchronously, so there will be a lag.

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