We want to keep it simple. If "pending comment payout, minus self-vote amount" isn't good enough, what else can we use?
I mentioned total payout of child comments, but many threads have no child comments and they rarely have many payouts...
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it seems if we use this, we might need a few disqualifiers like, "great article, keep up the good work"
Comments like this should get down-voted.
I started downvoting them regularly when I stopped caring about my blog, reputation level, flags, etc.
It was kind of a relief to be released from the social pressure of conformity.