My comment was not expressing an opinion on the relative values of Arc and the HN discussion community. HN delivers lots of value for the modest price of your

My comment was not expressing an opinion on the relative values of Arc and the HN discussion community. HN delivers lots of value for the modest price of your time. Claiming that its performance is shameful when it isn't being directly monetized, or even indirectly monetized like Facebook &co., is unfair. If you were talking about Facebook, Twitter, or Basecamp, that would be a different matter.