First, the emphasis was on the lack of a basis for the comment. But to answer your question, it depends on whether you think something that may be borderline absurdity adds some kind of value to others:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=567298

I knew when I wrote that it would probably be received poorly; indeed, it was volatile. But it was creative, and there was some truth to it.

HN is too simplistic. I would venture to say it ultimately doesn't work, with evidence in responses like "Pot, socially" being #2 in the top comments under lists. HN is fun to experiment with, though.