[sankalpb]

thanks for this response, and for making these suggestions of a new forum as a contrast to HN — are you seeing 'content' and 'content metadata' as two distinct modes with which HN members make comments? Is there perhaps a balance between both, such that you wouldn't find discussion 'annoying' to read through, while also ensuring that members don't feel at a loss if their comments are removed for being one or the other?

[satvikpendem]

Yeah I suppose they are different modes, I see comments exclusively nitpicking things without any other discussion, and I see other comments not doing any nitpicking. The balance is most likely nitpick only after you've addressed the main points, just like in real life. You wouldn't talk to someone and only comment on their grammar for example, without discussion the content of what they're talking about.