[slimetree]

Those are the long tail of comments. If VCs judged all user-content services by the long tail of submissions, most wouldn't raise any money.

(I realize that might be a good thing, but I presume then that you have the same complaint against Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

[antr]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9070088

[slimetree]

Still, that just means the long tail is worse, which necessarily happens when anonymity is granted. The best comments-- i.e. the ones that make using the app fun for users-- are also uniquely possible on Yik Yak (or services like it).