[curioushacking]

One of the reasons I enjoy hacker news is that the discussions on many posts are often richer than the post content. This site has managed to maintain consistent, high quality discussions unlike reddit and twitter. Without strict moderation however, is there a proven way to incentivize or gamify rich discussion?

[edoceo]

Other sites have an incentive to drive (sometimes hostile) engagement for revenue. Maybe removing that mis-aligmnet with visitors and operators is a good first step