[NoMoreNicksLeft]

> Do we even need comments anymore?

Since the very beginning, the only thing of value on reddit was the comments. If you do away with comments, then you will only ever see content from people who can be bothered to learn how to use Wordpress or whatever and post it to a blog. For those starting out, that sounds screaming into the void, so they never start. Commenting is a much more casual and approachable way to provide specialized, detailed content to those who are already proven interested, and you're virtually guaranteed that at least one person out there will give you the attention your effort earned.

Any social media that doesn't allow this is either dead on arrival, or popularity is heavily manipulated by some industry heavyweight who can make it popular despite its uselessness.