[mellifluousmind]

Vapid or not, everyone is entitled to their opinions. If you can't accept that, you are not welcome on HN discussion either. End of story.

Simply stated, if HN is heading towards Reddit-like behavior where comments must gear towards "singular" minded thinking, that's the also the day I stop visiting this site.

[kiloaper]

I think it's a bit naive to think that's what's been dubbed 'hivemind' behavior is absent on HN. I think it appears on every site, differing just by degrees. The threads on the recent GitHub hack were quite telling.