I mean, don't you want those really rare posts that very many people have appreciated to stand out? How often do you organically land on posts like that, anyway? A couple times a year?
The default can be to view the full merits given to the post and have the option to collapse it to less than 3 lines. This way the threads stand out historically and can also be read easier.
I happen to revert to such posts often to check one thing or the other, so it's more than a couple of times a year for me. New members are also directed to such threads when they join the forum, so it gets visited often.
One of the best fix suggestions we've had in a while? And one that you think that either theymos or I should push to the front of the queue?
I actually do. There has been a lot of great fixes recently which impacted majority of members. This may not matter to nearly as many and isn't solving an actual problem, just an inconvenience, so it's not as useful... Now I'm making arguments for why it's not one of the best
But I do think it should be moved up the queue if it isn't much of a hassle to add.