On: Ask HN: Why is the 40-comment penalty being applied to Show HNs?

[minimaxir]

In theory, Show HNs should drive more discussion.

Actually, the average amount of comments for each Show HN submission has always been below 10 comments: http://minimaxir.com/img/show-hn/show-hn-comments.png

[aptwebapps → minimaxir]

Because they're actively soliciting comments, I guess? That makes sense, but for me the main point of HN is the discussions anyway.