/bestcomments (or whatever name may become in the future) had a drawback, I believe. Technically speaking (and generally), the comments in this section are the ones that belong to stories from /best (or highest-upvoted). These stories obviously get more exposure and attention, so their top comments get more upvotes. For instance, a story with 2,000 points might have a comment with 200 points (which is tenth the score of its parent story) that will obviously hit the /bestcomments, while a comment of, say, 50 points on a 150-point story (which is a third) may never have the chance to hit /bestcomments.. Just some thoughts about my daily social network :)