"... it would be interesting to see what the conversation would be like when segmented as such. ..." You already can. Just randomly pick a low item id, ie: htt

"... it would be interesting to see what the conversation would be like when segmented as such. ..." You already can. Just randomly pick a low item id, ie: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20111 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20111 and follow up the comments to the article head ie: "How to Build a Web 2.0 Dating Site in 66.5 Man-Hours " http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19988 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19988 The sig/noise was different, fewer higher qual comments.