> Putting on my tinfoil hat, I'm concerned about the ratio of likes and comments as well. Maybe I'm missing something, but what's unusual about the ratio of li

> Putting on my tinfoil hat, I'm concerned about the ratio of likes and comments as well. Maybe I'm missing something, but what's unusual about the ratio of likes to comments for this article? At the time I'm writing this, the article has 88 points and 20 comments, a ratio of 4.4. Was it significantly different when you wrote your comment? Among the top 10 articles on HN right now, the average ratio of points to comments is 4.2 and varies from 1.2 to 6.7.