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
The scarcity of mod points helps a lot with the type of posts that get upvoted. I mean, I just saw a Digg article (well, picture) where the most dugg comment was "Ha Ha! That was pretty hilarious...and true.", in response to some 4chan meme image. The good thing about limited upvoting is that people will usually only upvote comments that are either particularly witty or of substance, not thoughtless drivel that inspires no conversation at all.
Age and quality. (Score:5, Insightful)
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