[petercooper]

That is a good part of Hacker News, but I'd suspect if it's like any other community site maybe 10% of people bother reading comments and 1% bother to make them. There's plenty of room catering for the 90% who just want the links Drudge-style, and kicking off a community that actually has discussions is super hard work.

[optimuspaul]

that's funny because I read the comments on far more posts that I actually follow the links to.

[bringtheaction]

Me too. I thought most people on HN came here for the discussion -- even if that means primarily reading comments and not necessarily speaking up.

[kaycebasques]

I spent about an hour yesterday learning all of these amazing insights about the solar energy industry, thanks to Hacker News comments.