I think it's great as a link aggregator to stay up to date with what's going on in the world. I don't really follow politics or general news, but if something b

I think it's great as a link aggregator to stay up to date with what's going on in the world. I don't really follow politics or general news, but if something big enough happens it will be on HN in one way or another, even if it's not related to tech. As for discussions/comments here, no. There is the occasional comment gem from experts, but it's low quality 99% of the time. There are a few topics I'm an expert in, and whenever a related story appears on HN I check the comments and I can't help but continuously roll my eyes about how uninformed and simplistic they are. Most people have no idea what they're talking about and just repeat what they've heard from someone else or what they believe the popular opinion is. For most topics I'm ignorant enough that I can't tell the difference, but I assume it's the same for those, so it's best to just ignore what people say here.