These comments seem terrible
These comments seem terrible
That isn't surprising. The reasoning:
The comment section there is vigorously moderated by him and thus mostly worth reading as well.
... struck me as odd. Before seeing your contradiction and then confirming your judgement for myself I had been substituting "and yet despite that" for "thus". Fallout from Razib banning or driving away quality commenters has reached even here. At a first approximation I expect such moderation to support the ego of moderator and drive away any intellectual rivals, not guarantee that it is worth reading.
It takes more than 'vigor' to make moderation beneficial.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, even in Discussion, it goes here.