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Your comment is showing up in a very faint grey on my screen, whereas everyone else's is black. Why is that?

Downvotes turn comments grey. More downvotes turn comments lighter and lighter and lighter.

The comment you replied to has been heavily downvoted.

EDIT: The karma thresh hold for downvotes is currently 500. Or maybe 750?

You learn something new every day. I didn't even know there was a downvote threshold!

His comment has been downvoted a lot.