Just an idea: what about putting a "number of votes" next to the "vote total" score for posts and comments? That would distinguish cases where a subject was highly controvertial from those where no-one really cares.
That would be nice - better than raw #+/#-, actually, because it immediately gives you the score. Are there any programmers listening?
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