On the contrary, I think this works out well. As long as people link the original thread in their blog posts you'll be able to follow the entire discussion. HN

On the contrary, I think this works out well. As long as people link the original thread in their blog posts you'll be able to follow the entire discussion. HN gets links from the types of readers it's trying to attract. There is more meaningful analysis and discussion on both the blogs and on HN. Sure, some folk will do it to get hits and the like, but the discussion itself won't go anywhere. People will see through that.