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I have wondered something similar, even though I also think that eliminating vote counts was a good thing.

A possible feature is, per-thread, giving commenters the option of viewing karma for posts, but doing so prevents them from being able to participate in the discussion. I'm not sure how much I like this idea, and it's likely too fiddly for HN's style.

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I've wondered about the viability of showing a comments score only on that comment's permalink page. Then the info would be available if someone wanted it, but it wouldn't be "in your face" when voting and commenting. There are probably big ways than could break down, but it's interesting to think about.

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