I think it would be very informative to collect data on whether or not that sort of mob effect gets diminished by removing display of the comment-votes: will it

I think it would be very informative to collect data on whether or not that sort of mob effect gets diminished by removing display of the comment-votes: will it keep "cute" one-line jabs from soaring to top of page? PS: please don't ask me how to quantify such data :)