I think the context, and the quotation marks, are highly relevant. If the same comment were posted without quotes as a top-level comment in the HPMOR thread, I’d expect it to be downvoted to −3, but probably not beyond that, since that’s the threshold where most people stop seeing comments.
I think the context, and the quotation marks, are highly relevant. If the same comment were posted without quotes as a top-level comment in the HPMOR thread, I’d expect it to be downvoted to −3, but probably not beyond that, since that’s the threshold where most people stop seeing comments.