While I kind of like the new options in here for evaluating comments, the character limit is excessively limited.

Not sure what it is.  Certainly under 1000 characters.  That would be about 150 words (basically one real paragraph) . Should be extended to at least 1500. Just a thought -- in the interests of further improving things.  Anything much beyond that can just encourage people to drone on -- as the self-appointed defender of all that is moral and good in the universe, of course :-)