I disagree with you. The signal/noise ratio has gone down considerably. What I'm noticing now is that people are writing longer comments, but the comments hav

I disagree with you. The signal/noise ratio has gone down considerably. What I'm noticing now is that people are writing longer comments, but the comments have considerably less substance. People can't stand out based on upvotes (actual community approval) so they're trying to stand out based on post-length. At a very basic glance it appears that what you're saying is true, but I've found the opposite.