[Brajeshwar]

We humans are emotional. Users' submissions didn't get the desired reach, and comments were thrashed to oblivion- they got emotional and left/lurked without participating anymore. Besides the usual promotional accounts that crop up, this is one of the reasons people do not participate.

Leave the emotion out of the equation, and HackerNews becomes way calmer for you.

The same story you submitted that failed gets talked about/discussed when submitted by another -- eh! All the smart people shred your comment -- ah, let's take a walk.