> I see a lot of long form articles here without any comments and I wonder, are they upvoted by bots?
The Hacker News ranking algorithm penalises lots of comments. Posts stay near the top precisely because they do not have comments.
The Hacker News ranking algorithm penalises lots of comments. Posts stay near the top precisely because they do not have comments.
Having too many comments relative to the votes can apply a penalty at some point, as a flamewar detector.
People tend to leave comments when they disagree. It's easy to disagree; it's harder to agree while also adding something interesting to the conversation.