It is strongly worth nothing that there has been a shift in comment sentiment&#x2F;quality over the years. In early HN, comments were more hostile and would definitely be killed by the modern mod team. (it&#x27;s where the HN stereotypes originated)<p>See my old list of the Top Comments for each month of HN since 2006 and note the difference between the old comments and recent comments: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.google.com&#x2F;spreadsheets&#x2F;d&#x2F;1ZwonVX_KlDYhuhPnAAnVpdVRgu4LxldP74-c_kvOd5k&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.google.com&#x2F;spreadsheets&#x2F;d&#x2F;1ZwonVX_KlDYhuhPnAAnV...</a><p>At the least, there is no situation nowadays on HN where commenting with <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;386&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;386&#x2F;</a> would be considered appropriate.