[sixothree]

It's not only single comments, but if you surround people in a sea of opinion, they will definitely start swimming in your direction. Thought, that's probably more important on reddit.

[gottorf]

> that's probably more important on reddit.

I don't know if you've noticed, but HN has been full of Reddit-tier comments, most especially around hot-button political topics, for a while now.

[neya]

It's been this way for the last 6-7 years IIRC