I think making someone's karma filter subjective could solve the problem. Then it would also be hard to game the system, since you'd have to know how most people filtered karma.
This filter could either be based on how people vote, or using karma and something else as the criteria.
An example of the latter, I've thought the good comments would be those that maximize length and karma. That means they are both substantive and well written enough to hold people's attention. Plus, it's too long to be witty:) This could be implemented entirely client side without the need to open up voting data.
Finally, it'd fit great into the whole hacker mentality, since people could pass around and hack the best filters.
(note: this idea has been said by many others, I'm merely trying to perpetuate the meme)
This filter could either be based on how people vote, or using karma and something else as the criteria.
An example of the latter, I've thought the good comments would be those that maximize length and karma. That means they are both substantive and well written enough to hold people's attention. Plus, it's too long to be witty:) This could be implemented entirely client side without the need to open up voting data.
Finally, it'd fit great into the whole hacker mentality, since people could pass around and hack the best filters.
(note: this idea has been said by many others, I'm merely trying to perpetuate the meme)