There are two often overlooked reasons why this happens: 1. Thoughtful, contributing comments take a lot of effort to write, and people who write them can do o

There are two often overlooked reasons why this happens: 1. Thoughtful, contributing comments take a lot of effort to write, and people who write them can do other productive things. Pretty much every time I put effort into a thoughtful comment it gets ignored. It's particularly upsetting when it's "ask HN" or "show HN" type of thing - not a reply, not an up vote, do you even listen when you ask? So I stopped writing thoughtful comments ( * ), except for my own benefit - when I need to write something down to really think it through. 2. With the post title like you had I assumed it was celebrity gossip and did not even click the link. You can imagine the type of people that did click the link anyway. By choosing a subject you're choosing the audience. ( * )Ironically, this comment took me some effort to write. :)