Yep. This is why HN comments (and the site as a whole) have a bad rep among some of the tech crowd, esp the derisive references to the “orange site.”

To be clear: it is a culture issue, not a moderation issue. dang does a fine job of moderating. The problem is that we allow the cheap takes and well-actually’s to both exist and be highly visible via upvotes.

I’m not sure HN at large really wants to fix this, unfortunately. It is pervasive and largely unchecked.