[addicted]

I’m not sure why I thought HN would be different. The same thing happened to /., Digg, Fark, etc.

I guess it’s just in the nature of aggregators that get really popular and allow comments.

[tmpz22]

I think the fundamental truth is ~80% of discussion is personal anecdotes. This has a very strong appeal because you can make whatever you want from it, you can validate your own opinions or dismiss it off hand. Intellectual validation a la carte.