I may not have been clear about what I meant. I was thinking of an additional number which doesn’t include the karma for the post. It’s strictly about the comments.
If a discussion has 100 comments with an average of 4 points each (I think this would be on the very high side), the discussion is likely to be worth reading, even if the post only has 10 points itself. If a post has 50 points, but the discussion only has an average of .75 points per comment (I think this would be on the very low side), then the post might be more worth reading, but the comments might be worth skipping unless you have hopes of a good sub-thread.
I may not have been clear about what I meant. I was thinking of an additional number which doesn’t include the karma for the post. It’s strictly about the comments.
If a discussion has 100 comments with an average of 4 points each (I think this would be on the very high side), the discussion is likely to be worth reading, even if the post only has 10 points itself. If a post has 50 points, but the discussion only has an average of .75 points per comment (I think this would be on the very low side), then the post might be more worth reading, but the comments might be worth skipping unless you have hopes of a good sub-thread.