[edmundsauto]

I think the intent is to de-amplify topics that produce shallow responses (the kind that can be quickly made and piled on). I still see plenty of those rise to the top of the feed though, so it's more of a "turn down the volume" than "mute".

[GeoAtreides]

I completely disagree. I've seen lots of interesting threads with well thought responses flagged just because people were commenting too much.