Well but that&#x27;s a cop-out answer. There are several very interesting discussions in that thread, as in other big threads (see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=&amp;sort=byPopularity&amp;prefix&amp;page=0&amp;dateRange=all&amp;type=story" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=&amp;sort=byPopularity&amp;prefix&amp;page...</a>). Would HN be better or worse off without them?<p>Further, the conversations around link submissiones are one of the two core value propositions of HN (the other being the actual link curation, but I wouldn&#x27;t be the first to say that the conversations are actually more valuable than the link curation itself). Shouldn&#x27;t the platform be encouraging them (as long as they remain at the usual HN standards)?