Sure it does... Right up until the parent comment gets downvoted to oblivion, taking all subsequent responses out with it, leaving nothing potentially educational behind for anyone to learn from.
(Not a problem unique to HN by a longshot, but actually a shortcoming of nearly every discussion forum I've seen that allows downvoting.)
Sure it does... Right up until the parent comment gets downvoted to oblivion, taking all subsequent responses out with it, leaving nothing potentially educational behind for anyone to learn from.
(Not a problem unique to HN by a longshot, but actually a shortcoming of nearly every discussion forum I've seen that allows downvoting.)