that the course was really enjoyable. why is that not nice to know? edit: here's an analogy - say the article was about a famous restaurant, and someone chimed

that the course was really enjoyable. why is that not nice to know? edit: here's an analogy - say the article was about a famous restaurant, and someone chimed in to say "i ate there when i was visiting hong kong, and it was one of the best meals i've ever had". now we already know that it's a good restaurant; that's what the article was all about after all. nevertheless, i like that sort of comment; it adds a human touch to the story because (rightly or wrongly) i perceive a fellow commenter as less remote than a newspaper food writer, and therefore their opinion has a certain anecdotal quality to it that the article lacks.