Quality of HN commentary is down and the flagging epidemic is part of it. The problem is sinking and killing discussions that already got going. A minority of

Quality of HN commentary is down and the flagging epidemic is part of it. The problem is sinking and killing discussions that already got going. A minority of selfish users gets to demolish collaborative work that other users already invested in. The incentives are for lower effort from commenters. A downward spiral.