I think it's more a matter of strong moderation. HN is a strongly self-policing site and it works very well here. Drive by commenting doesnt make it. Another

I think it's more a matter of strong moderation. HN is a strongly self-policing site and it works very well here. Drive by commenting doesnt make it. Another site with a high signal to noise ratio is Charlie Stross's http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/. He has a strong moderation policy (read it) and deletes anything he doesnt like. EDIT: I just went over to Charlie's blog. He notes a comment by Jaron Lanier that "drive-by anonymity fosters vicious pack behavior on the net.