Always great to see the quantitative bent to my anecdotal observations. "Interesting idea, but I don’t think it’s that simple. I think the reasons for the AMA

Always great to see the quantitative bent to my anecdotal observations. "Interesting idea, but I don’t think it’s that simple. I think the reasons for the AMA style posts are pretty obvious..." Good point, and not one I had considered - that the reason for more 'negative' comments was that there was more to comment on if you were in the negative. Part of me not seeing that is that I'm actually not sure the 'positive' reasons are that obvious - it's not self-evident to me that better quality and more technical Q/A would be created by AMAs on HN. But don't take that away from the good point about why the difference may have been created. As a footnote, you creeped out my co-founder who found himself talking to me across the table one moment, and reading me quoted online the next. A good moment!