How much time will D1 be around?

[Walter Bright]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Another thing is that you can already cast a kind of vote by adding a
> comment to the bug saying "ouch, this one is hurting".   That causes
> it to appear on the bugs newsgroup, which gives it some renewed
> visibility.  But maybe people don't realize they can do this.  Or
> don't think it matters.  Having a "vote here" button may help in those
> cases.  I kinda doubt it, but I'd love to be wrong.

You're right that the comments do matter, because if someone spent the 
time to write a thoughtful comment it shows interest in it.

A lot of forum software (like reddit) can sort messages by "hotness", 
"newness", or "controversial". Those provide interesting slices on the 
database.