Reddit is a fun and fast news site which I enjoy, but I'm having an issue with the comment section which is deterring from my aforementioned enjoyment.

Problem: when I set the comment threshold in prefs, nothing happens. I want to hide all comments with a score less than X. There is no mention of this problem anywhere on the site or elsewhere, and I'm beginning to think it only affects me. So is it really broken or am I just a bonehead?