[hombre_fatal]

It's a trade-off.

The Reddit/HN format makes everything time sensitive. If the post falls off the front-page, nobody will even see your comment, the discussion immediately dies. It's completely unfit for longer form discussion over time.

Sometimes you want a forum for discussion, not just a comments section of highlight reel one-liners.

[fakedang]

Is there an algorithm that would facilitate discussion though? Regardless of time sensitivity?