I don&#x27;t want to sidetrack this with an HN vs. Reddit debate.
The top story about this on Reddit has 14500+ comments.  I couldn&#x27;t really skim through them all in between the server timeouts, but it appears that the majority of them are non value-add.<p>As a story like this ages, my personal experience has been that the quality of comments on HN go UP while the quality of comments on Reddit go DOWN.<p>In regards to the parent post of this thread, I think that HN provides a valuable outlet for posting stories like this, and I personally feel it is within the overall HN &quot;charter&quot; for stories.  It could turn out that this specific case balances out differently, but my personal opinion is that <i>overall</i> HN discussions for a given HN-worthy topic are more valuable than the comparative Reddit thread.