Comment by gjvc

2 hours ago

as i said and you ignored, all it does is put people off from having fresh conversations.

You do realize that dang himself frequently aggregates related discussions, and thanks people for doing so.

And that the previous discussions of the same URL are readily available at the top of the topic, via the "past" link.

So either HN itself is actively discouraging discussions, which seems unlikely, or your perception of this is askew.