I understand what you're saying, but I think the signal:noise ratio on HN is better than most other places on the web. Plus, there's still plenty of quality, d

I understand what you're saying, but I think the signal:noise ratio on HN is better than most other places on the web. Plus, there's still plenty of quality, detailed comments. For example in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1517339 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1517339 The first comment I see is both the longest and highest rated. It also contains quite a lot of worthwhile information.