[Sudarshan]

You bring up a very important aspect of quality control. i.e. How to prevent it from turning into a restroom wall. Of course it will go through an editorial process.

Something magical has prevented HN from turning into a rest room wall when many others have failed. "Processes" and communities can make that magic happen. Anyway as I said elsewhere I have abandoned the idea :).

I love the community here... Validating an idea can get over in a few hours especially if the decision is to toss it away...

[pnathan]

Yeah, HN has a pretty narrow focus and has a conscious effort to maintain its quality.

OTOH, reddit, digg, 4chan, pretty much every newspaper with comments - they all turn into hives of idiocy and depravity really quick (although 4chan might have simply started there. :X)