I too had noticed the XKCD phenomenon, and have been baffled by it. On the other hand, reading the News/Blag from the site (which is updated only rarely but always with amazing things) I see the commentators are of a much higher caliber (see how I implicitly value-judged there?) than the LJ comment-makers. Thus, I restrain myself to only reading comments on the one.
Explanation? Random friending. Shotgun style friending with no regard for content. It's madness I tell you.
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Date: 2007-05-10 06:43 pm (UTC)Explanation? Random friending. Shotgun style friending with no regard for content. It's madness I tell you.