it means that you can generally let go of any debate after a few days I feel that it leaves a lot of debates unfinished. This leaves me disappointed and means

it means that you can generally let go of any debate after a few days I feel that it leaves a lot of debates unfinished. This leaves me disappointed and means I don't put as much effort into comments as I might otherwise. However, I guess its just another one of the reasons I'm only "sort of" an HNer. Its really up to pg to set up the site to act how he wants (shorter discussions could be what he wants).