When we talk about substantiveness, what we mean is that we want commenters to post information that has a reasonable trail back to our shared reality (another

When we talk about substantiveness, what we mean is that we want commenters to post information that has a reasonable trail back to our shared reality (another commenter here sometimes uses the phrase “connect the dots”). Anecdotes can be interesting and valuable, but they don't form a basis for such broad claims as you've made. So if you want to share an anecdote just share the anecdote, and if you want to make a claim please back it up with substantial evidence—and do so with consideration. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html