I would love to see a kernel density plot of comments by point value, hypothesis being that there are a lot more low-point submissions than there were before. I see a lot of un-thought-out off-the-cuff comments lately: knee-jerk anti-Chinese sentiments, top comments with obvious flaws in reasoning, speculation, or just plain immaturity.<p>I know people have been saying this for years, but this is the first time I'll say it: I've been avoiding reading news.YC because I don't feel like I learn anything from the comments anymore. I'd really welcome a return of PG's orange-names experiment, but with a gradient instead of a binary grouping (to avoid tribal sentiment).