Honestly, I was trolling and expected to be modded down to -8 pretty quickly. It's funny how many of my dead-serious posts get modded down and how many of my trolls get modded up.

It's somewhat sad, actually.

If that's the case, you should know better than to post it.

It's apparently what people want to read.

The key to being a successful author is to write stuff that people want to read.

I love the clever quips over at Reddit as much as the next guy, but I've come to enjoy HN's higher level of expectation out of its responses. Just because people are modding you up, doesn't mean you shouldn't try to uphold that standard.

Agreed. If I want to read trolls and mindless comments I'll go to Reddit/Digg.

Ironically this discussion is uninteresting and a waste of space.