A thought not directed to anyone in particular: When clever comments and internet memes start becoming the highest rated comments on a piece, the signal:noise for information goes down a bit. As the site grows more and more, eventually we're 80% clever quotes with the hardcore practical actionable info buried in the gaps.
Is that what we want as a community? I try to delete about half my comments right after I write them. The question I ask myself is, "Would anyone's life be seriously worse if they didn't read what I have to say?" I try to kill my own comments that don't fit that criteria.
