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8 Post author: lukeprog 27 July 2011 09:57PM

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Comment author: twanvl 10 August 2011 04:05:22PM 1 point [-]

The obvious solution is then to hide comments until a user has voted on an article. Perhaps with a third option to abstain instead of up- or downvoting.

You could also test this effect with a similar AB test. Just give the two groups of readers the exact same article, but with a different first comment added by a collaborator or sock puppet.