I wouldn't see a good point for this. HN is focused on these counts, because only they allow you to identify the "importance" and "discussion size". Would be like twitter without a like and retweet counter. How do I know its important? Is it something I support and give a like, to boost its rank?
Something like [1] is more useful than hiding information.
Something like [1] is more useful than hiding information.
1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23804469