[burgerz]

> Since scores aren't shown, I'm not sure what comments have value, so I tend to not read anything besides the first few comments.

Maybe you should browse Reddit instead if you're used to reading the top comment (usually one liner) and collapse to the next without engaging in any real discussion.

[coryfklein]

What if the top comment is a line of discussion I'm not interested in? Too bad, because that is the only line of discussion anybody will engage in, because you never see the second comment.

I know I could scroll down 7 pages and find the second comment and discuss there if that line of discussion interests me, but who else would talk with me? Nobody, because noone wants to scroll down 7 pages.