I find that true technical commentary is often less appreciated than superficial technical statements. Using only myself as an example: * I write a comment a

I find that true technical commentary is often less appreciated than superficial technical statements. Using only myself as an example: * I write a comment about databases and data science that comprises hard-won insights borne out of years of experience and mistakes -> {0, 1, 2} upvotes. * I write a throwaway comment about IBM PC-DOS -> many more upvotes (>10). I'm not complaining. I think HN merely conforms to the broader pattern of the world. It does have one downside: very often, soundbite comments that are naive or wrong get upvoted a lot. [0] [0] http://danluu.com/hn-comments/ http://danluu.com/hn-comments/