First, the vitriol here can be incredibly helpful here. If HN commentors hate a business idea or a company that is going public or talks about how there is a bu

First, the vitriol here can be incredibly helpful here. If HN commentors hate a business idea or a company that is going public or talks about how there is a bubble in something, it is a great tell that the concept or trend will work. What I want is a "no politics" button. Those that want to discuss politics, social issues, wikileaks, SOPA, Stratfor should have these discussions, but I don't want to hear them. Also maybe an overlay script similar to Reddit Enhancement Suite where you can block specific users and those with brand new accounts. When a forum becomes succesful, the signal/noise degrades. The "how to fix it" post gets floated here once every quarter, so I don't know how much improvement can be had.