Yup. I don't think HN can avoid this at scale, though. It's been a problem on sites like this since early in the days of Slashdot. The fundamental problem is t

Yup. I don't think HN can avoid this at scale, though. It's been a problem on sites like this since early in the days of Slashdot. The fundamental problem is that the voting and karma system actively incentivizes this kind of behavior. No amount of "did you read the article?" comments can counteract that force. All they do is increase the noise level even further.