[doom2]

> I see Hacker News as a tech-related with some general interest forum. I appreciate the high standards of dialogue and commentary on this website as well as the "intellectual exploration"-esque philosophy behind it.

I think this is a more convincing argument to me of why a topic may not be appropriate for this forum. As for the rest of the thread, there are obviously some very low quality comments/sub-threads. But overall I've found these to be a lot less emotionally charged.

[lolinder]

I suspect that's largely because of the flagging system and constant moderator attention, not because we're naturally doing better than other forums.

That said, it doesn't especially matter why it's better—it is better here than elsewhere. But that's a separate question from whether it's on topic.