[anthonycerra]

You planned that using logic, but people's emotions don't react to logic. It's an emotion after all. I thought it was obtrusive as well and didn't realize how far into the article I was. The only thought I had was "this is in my way and there's more to read."

All that being said, just do a split test :) Maybe people like me are in the minority and you get more upvotes for having it displayed that way.

[grinnick]

I think I will try to split test it actually.

If I do, I'll make sure to post the results on HN with an even larger orange banner! ;-)