what's the point of having likes and dislikes hidden?

to protect our nonexistent self-esteem   reply

cause bitches be shady is why. well. that or someone forgot to turn them back on after The Great Silence, which is what I have decided to call the 2+ years we didnt have comments just now lol - or maybe it's to not egg on the trolls? idk   1 reply

For surprise   reply

It wasn't hidden bfr, I think it happened after the comments and the report button were spirited away, but it might've been bfr that? Not exactly sure, but it could just be a side effect in the code. Comments with more than X number of dislikes used to be automatically deleted, I can't rmmbr the exact number, I think it was just one digit? It was a......   reply