[orik]

Perhaps this is a feature that would make the comments on hacker news worse?

I'd be interested if they tested it, but I can't say for certain if I think it should become a feature or not.

[krapp]

I don't see how it could possibly make the comments worse, if for no other reason than people are already using plugins to accomplish this. Either the damage has already been done, or it's not relevant.

[Normal_gaussian]

I would imagine most users do not use plugins. Though I would be interested if it's possible to get statistics for this.