[nervousvarun]

This "very popular but seemingly not discussable" submission phenomenon is something that also fascinates me.

Is there a clever name for this phenomenon yet? If not...anybody want to attempt to give it one? 'Cause I got nothin'.

[sp332]

It's because comments like "wow that's cool" are discouraged here. If someone doesn't have anything to contribute to a conversation, they'll just leave an upvote. Apparently 65 people thought "wow that's cool" but didn't have anything to add.

[josefresco]

I also feel like many will wait a story out, to see the first few comments which set the tone for the discussion and give points to debate/discuss.

[nervousvarun]

very true and every site is different w/ regard to how the community responds/handles link discussion but it does seem that sometimes discussion doesn't seem to be "a thing" for certain links.

It sorta reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack. Maybe it just needs a clever name?

[chetansastry]

"Like" syndrome?