[igortg]

The beauty of HN: frequently comments are way more valuable than the article being shared

[pseudosavant]

There are plenty of HN posts where I only read the comments because the discussion around that topic is the most interesting part.

[chrisweekly]

Agreed. I've been on HN for 15 years, and IME maybe 90% of the value has come directly from comments (another 5% from links in commenters' profiles, and 5% from TFAs).