Question: ![Lets remove this](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qUfPs.png)

This dialog box pops up so much that it's annoying. Please have it removed or allow something like 5 comment upvotes every 5 seconds. 

At the least, make the box very small or replace the vote button with another graphic for 5 seconds.

Answer: 
Jeff's not explicitly stated here (*but otherwise mentioned other places*) reasoning, as far as I can tell, for declining this request:

* Less than 5 seconds would lead to a drastic increase in up votes for comments.
* This is bad, because
	+ Jeff does not want comments to become too much of a platform for expressing one's opinion
	+ (On Questions with many Answers) comments with some/high votes are filtered *into* the main page views, and those without are hidden, and need to be explicitly expanded to be seen. Increase the comment votes too much and this functionality loses its value or ability to segregate the worthy from the unworthy.
* He has demonstrated this, somewhat cryptically, by up voting every comment before his in this question.
* Jeff just gets stubborn that way about certain points. If the idea truly is decent, he'll come along eventually. It's his website, he *can cry if he wants to...cry if he wants to.*

**The man has a vision, and extensive comment voting is not in that vision.**
Why it bothers me? Sometimes I read a comment that is a good question, and, since it IS a good question, I want to read the next comment right away because now I'm dying of curiosity! Now, I'm satisfied, both a good question and a good answer, I want to upvote both!

A good solution that will prevent us being annoyed and abusers from ...abusing: Allow 3 comment upvotes in 15 seconds! (assuming the time from page load is >15sec, otherwise spammers/abusers get's 2 extra upvotes at no 'cost'.)

There, you have exactly 100% the same efficacy against spammers/abusers, and you do not annoy the poor curious readers with short attention spans for upvotes.