Most comments aren't interesting.

Then you’re in the wrong place (community, thread, or what have you).

Said another way: I couldn’t disagree more.

I'm not trying to be edgy or intentionally controversial or something, it's just life. Most things people have to say are not interesting. Not everything written on HN can be exceptional, because by definition it wouldn't be the exception.

Your comment right now, and mine above are not interesting!

In another thread there might be one whole comment out of hundreds that retells the experience of a senior engineer working on an uncommon problem, sharing specifics about a particular industry, piece of intellectual property, or another individual.

The rest will not be interesting. That's normal! That's OK! But most are not.

> Not everything written on HN can be exceptional, because by definition it wouldn't be the exception.

I’m not arguing every comment on HN is exceptional, but that logic isn’t sound because exceptionalism is relative (as you alluded to).

In other words, it’s congruent that every comment on some website could be exceptional when compared to the internet at large.

They’re interesting to me, (or I wouldn’t be spending time on them), and they’re interesting because I expect to care about this specific community behind this specific domain in five or ten, same as I did five or ten ago.

You may be more ephemeral with your community identities. That’s cool, too.