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I am amazed to see that this submission has gathered 65+ points without a single comment before this one.

• nervousvarun 12y ago
  This "very popular but seemingly not discussable" submission phenomenon is something that also fascinates me. Is there a clever name for this phenomenon yet? If not...anybody want to attempt to give it one? 'Cause I got nothin'.
  • josefresco 12y ago
    I also feel like many will wait a story out, to see the first few comments which set the tone for the discussion and give points to debate/discuss.
    • nervousvarun 12y ago
      very true and every site is different w/ regard to how the community responds/handles link discussion but it does seem that sometimes discussion doesn't seem to be "a thing" for certain links. It sorta reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack. Maybe it just needs a clever name?
      • chetansastry 12y ago
        "Like" syndrome?
  • sp332 12y ago
    It's because comments like "wow that's cool" are discouraged here. If someone doesn't have anything to contribute to a conversation, they'll just leave an upvote. Apparently 65 people thought "wow that's cool" but didn't have anything to add.