What's amazing to me isn't that/. has carried on this long, but rather that the comment quality on here hasn't gone the way of most social new sites. It seems that in general as a social news site ages, matures, and grows, the comment quality follows an inverse pattern. Or more simply, as the number of users approaches infinity, the comment quality approaches 4chan. Digg used to be a decent site for discussion; now you'd be laughed at for even suggesting that the comments might be notable. Reddit is quickl
While the comment quality has not gone that much down, editorial quality did, in my opinion. I agree that comments convey much more than story "summary".
Age and quality. (Score:5, Insightful)
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Yup, the same one - welcome to the club ;-)
While the comment quality has not gone that much down, editorial quality did, in my opinion. I agree that comments convey much more than story "summary".