I come to HN mainly for the general interest stories (as opposed to the strictly "hacker news" posts), so I'm glad this is on here. Most of the time the comment

I come to HN mainly for the general interest stories (as opposed to the strictly "hacker news" posts), so I'm glad this is on here. Most of the time the comments from HN contributors are of equal interest to the story itself. They are generally quite insightful and definitely add value. Yes I can go to reddit for this kind of stuff, but I find the comments aren't of the same quality and I don't really like the colours/layout, nor the ads. I much prefer HN's simple lo-fi layout.