[ryancouto]

at this point in time, the 2nd highest comment is.

[ikeboy]

Note that new comments are weighted much higher (e.g. I've had top level comments on a thread with several comments immediately show up first) and so the fact that a comment is near the top at a point in time does not mean that it's popular.

[ryancouto]

fair enough, TIL. thanks!