[huggyface]

even if the 25 "bad" comments are at the bottom of the page because people will still reply to them and they will still be a part of the discussion.

Here's a good example-

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4407733

[andreasvc]

That's rich, because it rather looked like you were the one trolling in that exchange.

[huggyface]

How is that rich? I pointed it out because that is precisely how I felt some would feel.

[debacle]

I didn't feel like that was bad discussion, per se. You were getting ganged up on for having a counter opinion (one that would have been accepted at face value on HN a year ago) and responded poorly, but overall good points were made.