I would say, on the other hand, that the average comment is much more thoughtful, in-depth, as it originates from individuals who possess extensive insights on the topics they comment on.
This deters people from making dumb or useless comments and look like fools in front of smart people that visit HN.
People that is not deterred by that will most likely learn the lesson a couple of minutes later from HN members feedbacks.
The average comment is more in-depth because there's a long history of thoughtful moderation by people like dang. The community has learned what the bar is, and now holds itself to it (more or less). The social standards here didn't come for free, and if you were to take a random selection of the HN audience and get their Reddit profiles, I strongly suspect you'd see a notable difference in the quality of the content they post to the different platforms.
I don’t think it’s as moderated as you’re saying.
I would say, on the other hand, that the average comment is much more thoughtful, in-depth, as it originates from individuals who possess extensive insights on the topics they comment on.
This deters people from making dumb or useless comments and look like fools in front of smart people that visit HN.
People that is not deterred by that will most likely learn the lesson a couple of minutes later from HN members feedbacks.