Had this idea just now. pg's reason for hackernews, from what I understood, was the decreasing quality of conversation on reddit. It may be interesting to see

Had this idea just now. pg's reason for hackernews, from what I understood, was the decreasing quality of conversation on reddit. It may be interesting to see if this can be measured and qualified, and what applications this may have. The approach should also work on blogs (measure comment quality, etc) and news sites (cnn.com vs economist.com). Would love any feedback and anyone interested in implementing.