Uninformed opinions have likely been more prevalent on the internet since the first comment box appeared. People that comment without reading the article or ma

Uninformed opinions have likely been more prevalent on the internet since the first comment box appeared. People that comment without reading the article or maybe even without clicking into it will likely make comments that just don't make sense. I think in engineering circles the corrector/completionist personality trait is more prevalent. People that did read the article and spark conversation will get more up arrow clicks. Uninformed comments will float to the bottom most of the time on HN.