Maybe an upvote/downvote mechanism encourages evaluation by the first simple binary criterion that comes to mind, like agree/disagree.
In theory, but maybe not in practice, legitimately controversial comments would have many "good"/"bad" votes, few "not good"/"not bad".
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Whereas merely bland comments would get many "not good"/"not bad" votes and remain hopelessly stuck at a score of zero.
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Starting these comments at -1 would mildly disincentivize chaff without making people feel rejected or attacked by a concrete person.
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