The situation you describe is the exact reason I read the comments less and less these days. I still like the content that floats to the Hacker News front page,

The situation you describe is the exact reason I read the comments less and less these days. I still like the content that floats to the Hacker News front page, but the fact that the term, "top dismissive comment" exists, and is damn near ubiquitous with the site is a pretty big problem. On Hacker News, rather than simply writing "First!!!" in the comment box, people seemingly write why OP is an idiot for trying, how X was solved years ago, and nothing their start up solves things better. It's a sad state and annoying of affairs.