What Percent of the Top-Voted Comments in Reddit Threads Were Also First Comment?
Makes sense, due to a self-reinforcing dynamic: early comments that are good enough to gather upvotes will stay near the top of the page, gathering more upvotes.<p>I suspect HN is subject to the same "first comment effect," often to the detriment of later comments that might be more deserving of the top spot.<p>Does anyone here have ideas for fixing this?