The most important raw stat is how many comments are there by month, over time? That will give some insight into how the tech ecosystem in general is doing. I

The most important raw stat is how many comments are there by month, over time? That will give some insight into how the tech ecosystem in general is doing. I graphed this by month from April 2013 to April 2015 -- if you were to add the #s to today, you'd see a downturn in early 2016, but back up to April 2015 levels by now. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vzSbLNZjV9pqFclnPwxMlFzjfiaA4qPMWrzZlGtQuYY/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vzSbLNZjV9pqFclnPwxM...