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I've said this before but, given time, the HN comment sections always sort themselves nicely. I may encounter a nice article that I want to send to the managem

I've said this before but, given time, the HN comment sections always sort themselves nicely. I may encounter a nice article that I want to send to the management of my company for example, I refrian from doing this immediatly. Instead I leave the tab open and after a couple of hours I refresh en the top comment are almost always insightful and either reinforce my choice to send the article or make me decide not to.

1_player 6y ago
Either HN has some incredibly smart sorting algorithm, or the level of discussion here is amazing for the number of users. On sites like Reddit the first 2 or 3 top level comments are puns, sarcastic one liners or a variation on the current meme. Or it might be a matter of etiquette: the same user on HN upvotes the smart comment and then goes on Reddit and upvotes the dismissive and overused quip.
- TeMPOraL 6y ago
  It's the etiquette. The community standards are by no means perfect, or always adhered to, but in general, if you want to dismiss something or post a joke, you have to put some work into it.
- MagnumOpus 6y ago
  > level of discussion here is amazing The demographics is different. Reddit audience is 50% random teenagers and 90% teens + college students -- browsing on an app looking for quickly-consumed content. HN is probably majority people slacking off at work and hence more "mature"... (It doesn't hurt that dang will just delete the content-free pun/meme comments when people get tempted to up-vote them.)