I mostly agree. I do sometimes find valuable counterpoint in the HN comments, but most often that&#x27;s on topics where the community here has actual expertise (mostly programming) and the counterpoint is pretty specific.<p>This has been a discussion on HN for years, though, and even has its own jargon term, the &quot;middlebrow dismissal&quot;: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5072224" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5072224</a>