It's so important to the discussion quality on Hacker News that users comment civilly and substantively, which is why we bring ourselves to repeat it so often.

It's so important to the discussion quality on Hacker News that users comment civilly and substantively, which is why we bring ourselves to repeat it so often. They're related, too: unsubstantiveness leaves much room for comments to be read as uncivil, even if they weren't intended that way.