please. have you read the comments on slashdot anytime in the last... o at least 10 years? the median level of discussion is vastly below what you get on HN for just about any topic.
My comment was a little tongue-in-cheek.
I do still follow slashdot's RSS feed, but I tend to only notice stories because I remember having seen them elsewhere a few days before.
I don't remember Slashdot ever really having much in the way of enlightening discussion.